SS Chapter 8 Review

What was the name of the meeting of colonial leaders to deal with the British reaction to Lexington and Concord?

• mercenaries

• Olive Branch Petition

• Second Continental Congress

• George Washington

What was the letter called that was sent by the Patriots to King George III, asking him to repeal the Intolerable Acts?

• mercenaries

• Olive Branch Petition

• Second Continental Congress

• George Washington

Who was the person chosen to lead the Continental Army because of his understanding of soldiers?

• mercenaries

• Olive Branch Petition

• Second Continental Congress

• George Washington

What were the soldiers hired by the British to help them in the Revolutionary War?

• mercenaries

• Olive Branch Petition

• Second Continental Congress

• George Washington

Who was the person who wrote Common Sense and urged the colonies to break away from Britain?

• Mary Slocumb

• Thomas Jeffereson

• Quakers

• Thomas Paine

Who was the writer of the Declaration of Independence?

• Mary Slocumb

• Thomas Jefferson

• Quakers

• Thomas Paine

What was the name of the religious group whose members were pacifists and refused to take part in war?

• Mary Slocumb

• Thomas Jefferson

• Quakers

• Thomas Paine

Who was the person who joined the North Carolina militia to fight at the Battle of Moores Creek?

• Mary Slocumb

• Thomas Jerrerson

• Quakers

• Thomas Paine

Whose poems supported independence?

• Peter Salem

• Phillis Wheatley

• Friedrich von Steuben

• Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Who was the free African who fought at the Battle of Concord?

• Peter Salem

• Phillis Wheatley

• Friedrich von Steuben

• Thaddeus Kosciuszko