OSW 25 Review (The American Revolution)

The Olive Branch Petition secured many years of peace for the colonies.

• True

• False

Why was the First Continental Congress created?

• to organize state militias

• to create a system of taxes

• to protest the Coercive Acts

• to form an alliance with France

What is the battle strategy in which an army surrounds its enemy to cut off supplies called?

• a surge

• a raid

• a feint

• a siege

What is NOT a purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• to explain the rights of all people

• to list grievances against the king

• to describe the purpose of government

• to form a system of checks and balances

The Committee of Five was created to write the

• Treaty of Versailles

• League of Friendship

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

The surrender of General Cornwallis was near the middle of the war.

• True

• False

What officially ended the Revolutionary War?

• the Treaty of Versailles

• the Treaty of Paris

• the Treaty of Westphalia

• the Treaty of Ghent

Countries end a war with a treaty.

• True

• False

How long did it take to negotiate the Treaty of Paris?

• 10 days

• 10 months

• 10 years

• 10 hours

One term in the Treaty of Paris was that

• the British would keep Florida and control the Mississippi River.

• Loyalists would lose their property and voting rights.

• all American debts to British creditors would be forgiven.

• Britain would recognize the United States as a country.