4th SS 2.3 American Revolution

Why did many colonists feel that the British had no right to tax them?

• The colonists had fought in the French and Indian war.
• The colonists had little money.
• The colonists paid high prices for British goods.
• The colonists did not have a representative in Parliament back in Britain.

What led the colonists to boycott British products?

• Britain passed new tax laws that charged them higher taxes.
• Britain sent bad quality goods to the colonies.
• Britain sold more goods than the colonists.
• Britain took over more land in North America.

Which important even happened in 1776?

• New Jersey became a royal colony.
• The Declaration of Independence was signed.
• The American Revolution began.
• Britain began taxing the colonists.

Who was the Pennsylvania business leader who spoke before Parliament?

• Benjamin Franklin
• George Washington
• William Paterson
• Thomas Jefferson

Many of the battles for _____________ were fought in New Jersey.

• the French and Indian War
• the Boston Massacre
• the Battle of Yorktown
• the American Revolution

At which Continental Congress was the Declaration of Independence approved?

• the First Continental Congress
• the Second Continental Congress

Congress is ________________.

• a formal meeting of representatives.
• a building in Boston.
• one of the conflicts of the  American Revolution.

When Patriots overthrew the British government in New Jersey in 1776, who became the governor?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• William Livingston
• Chris Christie

The last major battle of the American Revolution was fought in __________.

• Princeton

• Boston

• Yorktown

• Philadelphia

The American Revolution officially ended in 1783 with the United States and Britain signing the ___________.

• Treaty of Lexington
• Treaty of Yorktown
• Treaty of Glassboro
• Treaty of Paris