Revolutionary War

How did the Intolerable Acts punish Massachusetts economically?

• forbade trade with other colonies

• forced people to feed and house troops in their home

• replaced elected officials with appointed officials

• closed the port of Boston until the colonist paid for the tea

Where did the First and Second Continental Congress meet?

• New York, New York

• Boston, MA

• Philadelphia, PA

• Hershey, PA

Colonists that support the British were called

• Minutemen

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Spartans

Whose Enlightenment philosophy did the Jefferson use in the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams

• Ben Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

According to Thomas Jefferson, what inalienable rights did all men have?

• protection, property, and self-government

• life, liberty and property

• life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

• 3 square meals, a bed to sleep in, and a roof over your head

What drove the colonists to declare independence from Great Britain?

• taxes

• no representation in Parliament

• quartering of soldiers in their homes and closing of Boston harbor

• all of the choices

Where were the first armed conflicts of the American Revolution?

• Yorktown
• Saratoga
• Lexington and Concord
• Bunker Hill

Who was the first choice to command the Continental Army?

• Thomas Jefferson
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Paine
• George Washington

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• John Adams
• George Washington
• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson

What document officially ended the Revolutionary War?

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Stamp Act

• Declaration of Independence  

• Treaty of Paris 1763