Revolution Review

Question 1

How were the Americans able to win the war?

Accepted Answer

Help from powerful countries like France, Spain, and the Netherlands.

Question 2

The Declaration of Independence says if people don't have "Life, Liberty, and Happiness" they can abolish government.

Accepted Answer

The word abolish means get rid of.

Question 3

____ the American victory convinced the French, Spanish, and Dutch to support the Patriots.

Accepted Answer

Battle of Saratoga was the turning point battle of the war because

Question 4

Which rights are mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness

Question 5

The Battle of Yorktown was at the _______of the war.

Accepted Answer

end

Question 6

What closed the Boston Harbor after the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts

Question 7

"Whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive", "it is the Right of the people to alter or abolish it."

Accepted Answer

This is written in The Declaration of Independence.

Question 8

Which shows the correct sequence of Battles from first to last?

Accepted Answer

Lexington and Concord, Saratoga, Yorktown.

Question 9

The Patriots had and advantage because they had more weapons than the British.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

What law forced the colonies to house and feed British soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Quartering Act

Question 11

Compare and contrast the opposing viewpoints of Loyalists and Patriots during the colonial times.

Accepted Answer

The Loyalists supported the British. The Patriots fought against them.

Question 12

Slaves and Native Americans joined the British.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

According to what Thomas Jefferson wrote in The Declaration of Independence, determine 3 rights people are born with.

Accepted Answer

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Question 14

When images persuade or inspire like Paul Revere's "Boston Massacre" engraving, this is called_____.

Accepted Answer

propaganda

Question 15

How were the Americans able to win the war?

Accepted Answer

There was popular support for independence.

Question 16

A disadvantage the British had was _____.

Accepted Answer

they were fighting far away from their homeland

Question 17

The ____ had the best military in the world in the 1770s during the Revolutionary War.

Accepted Answer

British

Question 18

Taxation and no representation, the Proclamation of 1763, and acts like the Intolerable Acts_____.

Accepted Answer

were causes of the American Revolutionary War

Question 19

The battles of Lexington and Concord marked the ____ of the war.

Accepted Answer

beginning

Question 20

A disadvantage the British had was _____.

Accepted Answer

red uniforms made the British Army easy targets

Question 21

What law placed taxes on tea, paper, glass, and coloring for paint?

Accepted Answer

The Townshend Acts

Question 22

Women cared for the sick and wounded, cooked, mended clothes, buried the dead, and sometimes served in combat.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Explain how the Americans were able to win the war.

Accepted Answer

Help from powerful countries like France, Spain and the Netherlands.

Question 24

An advantage the British had was _______.

Accepted Answer

slaves and Native Americans joined them

Question 25

Colonists who supported Independence and fought against the British were considered ______.

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 26

Which groups were excluded from the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Women, Africans, Native Americans

Question 27

Colonists who supported the British in the American Revolution were ___.

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Question 28

What law taxed all legal documents, permits, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 29

How were the Americans able to win the war?

Accepted Answer

Colonists knew their land better.

Question 30

African Americans fought in combat on both sides with hopes freedom would be rewarded to them.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

The Battle of Yorktown started the war.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

What law taxed all legal documents, permits, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards?

Accepted Answer

The Stamp Act

Revolution Review

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Revolution Review

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