Revolutionary War

What document did the colonists send to King George III in 1774-75 that stated the following: "We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. Your royal authority over us and our connection with Great Britian we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain"?

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

• Olive Branch

• Suffolk Resolves

King George III dismissed the Olive Branch Petition and issued the ____ Act in 1775, which declared the colonies in rebellion and eventually banned all trade and shipping between Britian and the colonies.

• Intolerable

• Coersive

• Prohibitory

• Townshend

On April 18-19, 1775, the colonist militias marched to _______ and _______, Massachusetts, where they hoped to steal arms. These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War.

• Boston

  New York City

• Saratoga

  Yorktown

• Atlanta

  Savannah

• Lexington

  Concord

The Suffolk Resolves

• called for repeal of Intolerable Acts and encouraged boycotting of British goods

• required immediate colonial indepenedence from Britian

• repealed the Stamp Act

• closed Boston Harbor to British shipping traffic

Who had five consecutive defeats in Long Island, NY; Harlem Heights, NY; Fort Lee, NY; and Fort Washington, NY in 1776?

• Continental Army

• British Redcoats

• Native American militias

• the Hessians

A major turning point of the Revolutionary War occured at the Battle of ______ in 1777 when the Continental Army defeated the British and convinced France to sign a formal military alliance.

• New York City

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Trenton

On the southern war front, the British captured these two cities. General Marquis de Lafayette convinced General George Washington to move his troops to Virginia to address southern battles.

• Savannah and Charleston

• Williamsburg and Savannah

• Jacksonville and Savannah

• Atlanta and Charleston

Partially because of General Lafayette's influence on General Washington's battle strategies, the Continental Army acheived victory over the British in ______ in 1781.

• Princeton, New Jersey

• Saratoga, New York

• Atlanta, Georgia

• Yorktown, Virginia

The colonial militiamen were often called _____ while the British Redcoats were often called _____.

• loyalists

  patriots

• doughboys

  Hessians

• natives

  aliens

• minutemen

  lobsterbacks

The ____ Continental Congress appointed George Washington as commander-inchief of the colonial army and called on the colonies to provide troops.

• 1st

• 2nd

• Albany

• United