Am History Exam Review 2

At The Battle of ___ in Dec. of 1776, General George Washington and the Continental Army surprised and captured 900 Hessian soldiers fighting for the British.

• Trenton

• Monmouth

• Saratoga

• New York

British general who fought in the South and surrendered in Yorktown

• Charles Cornwallis

• Francis Marion

• Marquis de Layette

• Nathanael Greene

French commander who helped surround the British army at Yorktown

• George Rogers Clark

• Comte de Rochambeau

• Charles Cornwallis

• Francis Marion

Southern Patriot who used swift hit and run attacks to hurt British supply lines

• Francis Marion

• Charles Cornwallis

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Nathanael Greene

harassed General Cornwallis in the Carolinas

• Francis Marion

• George Rogers Clark

• Comte de Rochambeau

• Nathanael Greene

What did Abigail Adams ask her husband, John, to include in the Declaration of Independence?

• men's rights

• women's rights

• the rights of indentured servants

• the rights of slaves

Why did Parliament pass the Coercive (or Intolerable) Acts?

• to force colonists to pass their own laws

• to punish the colonists for boycotting British goods

• to punish the colonists for the Boston Massacre

• to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party

Why did Thomas Jefferson feel that the colonists had a right to break away from Great Britain?

• Jefferson did not agree that social contracts should be obeyed.

• Jefferson did not believe in any form of government.

• Great Britain no longer showed a desire to govern the colonists.

• Great Britain did not protect the rights of colonists.

What was the goal of the First Continental Congress?

• to ask King George III to correct problems with the colonies.

• to petition Parliament to repeal the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

• to draft laws in Philadelphia to govern the colonies independently

• to declare independence from King George III and Great Britain

The Declaration of Independence was written primarily by ___.

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington