American Revolutionary War

Based on the Declaration of Independence, what is something people can do when the government violates their natural rights, like "no taxation without representation"?

• The people should get rid of the government and create a new one.

• Citizens have no rights; therefore, they are stuck with their current government.

• The people destroy their government and rule themselves.

• The citizens and the government should work together to reach a compromise.

Which geographical factor was England's greatest obstacle?

• the vast spaces between settlements

• the rivers in the Southern colonies

• the distance because England had to sail across the Atlantic Ocean

• the maintains in the Mid-Atlantic colonies

At the First Continental Congress, _____________ used the key phrase, “Give me liberty or give me death”.

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benedict Arnold

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

Who won the French and Indian War?

• Spain

• Indians

• England

• France

England punished the colonist for the Boston Tea Party by passing the __________________.

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Sugar Act

• The Tea Pot Act

• The Tea Act

Why was the Battle of Saratoga considered the "Turning Point" of the American Revolution?

• The Navy had grown larger.

• America's victory allowed Ben Franklin to convince Spain to join their efforts and assist America with defeating the British.

• The colonists trapped the British.

• America's victory allowed Ben Franklin to convince France to join their efforts and assist America with defeating the British.

Who were the Daughters of Liberty and how did they affect the American Revolution?

• They were women who joined the Continental Army so that they could fight the British.

• They were women who boycotted British goods and made the goods they needed at home.

• They were women who took jobs in factories after most of the men joined the Continental Army.

• They were women who remained loyal to Great Britain throughout the entire war.

Which Founding Father is the speaker of this passage?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• John Adams

What was Paul Revere hoping to do on his famous midnight ride in 1775?

• convince colonists that they should remain loyal to King George III

• warn colonists that the British were coming to Lexington to attack

• capture revolutionary leaders for the British army

• find new customers for his silversmith business

How did colonists protest unfair British rules before the start of the American Revolution?

• They refused to buy goods made in Britain.

• They attacked Britain's colonies in Canada.

• They sailed to Britain to vote in Parliament.

• They destroyed British forts and warships.