s.s chapter 9-10 prodigy

What did the First Continental Congress debate about?

• A) Whether to declare independence from Britain

• B) How to form a new American government

• C) They debated about how to best oppose British policy or negotiate with parliament

• D) Whether to ally with France

What was declared in the Declaration of Rights?

• A) The colonies' independence from Britain

• C) The need to form an American army

• B) That the colonies didn't want independence they just wanted their rights

• D) The plan to elect a new British king

How did Paul Revere know which way the British were coming from?

• A) He heard British soldiers talking about their plans

• D) Robert Newman lit two lanterns in the steeple of the old north church in Boston to indicate the British were coming by sea

• C) He received a letter from a British general

• B) He saw them marching from a hilltop

What were the colonial militiamen nicknamed?

• A) Redcoats

• C) Patriots

• B) Minute Men

• D) Regulators

Who fired first at the Battle of Lexington?

• D) No one knows for sure

• A) The British army

• A) The British army

• C) A group of French soldiers

What was the Olive Branch Petition?

• A) it was the last attempt by the continental Congress to make peace with king George the III and remain part of england

• C) A battle strategy used by the Patriots

• B) A treaty between the colonies and Spain

• D) A new type of law passed by the British Parliament

What was the importance of the pamphlet Common Sense?

• B) It was a letter written to King George III

• A) Many people were convinced by Thomas paine's pamphlet that independence was a good idea

• D) It was a book explaining how to farm

• C) It listed all the unfair British taxes

How did people get out of the draft for the Revolutionary War?

• B) Paid slaves or apprentices to go instead

• C) Wrote letters to Congress

• A) Moved to Canada

• D) Claimed they were too old

How long were most American troops contracted to fight?

• C) One year

• A) Six months

• D) Until the war ended

• B) Three years

What was the significance of the Battle of Saratoga?

• A) It ended the war

• B) It caused Britain to surrender

• C) It was the first major American victory and led to French intervention

• D) It resulted in the loss of George Washington