American Revolution Over-simplified Review

What country was the King and Queen from that Columbus was telling about the new world?

• England

• France

• Spain

Columbus was looking for a new trade route to:

• America

• India

• Africa

What country did Great Britain go to war with over the land in America. How much did the war cost?

• The French, 60 million

• The Spanish, 90 million

• The Germans, 6 million

Great Britain decided to tax the colonist with the _________ to help pay off the war debt.

• Intolerable Acts

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Stamp Act

Where was the first shot of the Revolutionary War?

• Lexington

• Boston

• Philadelphia

Who becomes the leader of the American forces?

• General Howe

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ethan Allen

• George Washington

True or False: All colonists wanted independence from Great Britain?

• True

• False

What countries sent supplies to the colonists?

• Germany and Austria

• France and Russia

• France and Spain

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Payne

• John Adams

Where did the British land 25,000 men to take on the colonists after the colonists declared independence?

• Boston

• Philadephia

• Concord

• New York