American Revolution Test Review

Washington won the battle of _________ after crossing the Delaware on Christmas to surprise the Hessians.

The Battle of Lexington and Concord is where this took place:

The Treaty of Paris (1783) granted the United States independence and all land from the Atlantic Ocean to the:

During the Boston Massacre, British Troops fired into an innocent crowd of civilians for no reason.

Parliament passed the Tea Act of 1773 in order to benefit:

Colonists despised the Tea Act mostly because:

The British enacted this law to try to secure the frontier and stop colonists from moving west:

Some of the most dangerous missions women took on during the Revolution involved working as

Every colony sent representatives to the First Continental Congress.

Secretly importing or exporting goods without paying the required taxes upon them is called:

The Second Continental Congress selected _______________ to lead the Continental Army.

Saratoga is considered the turning point of the American Revolution because:

The Townshend Acts placed taxes on all of the following items EXCEPT which?

Signing the Declaration of Independence made the members of Congress _________ in the eyes of King George III.

Many Continental troops died during a bitter 1777-1778 winter here:

The major issue that Great Britain had to face after the French and Indian War was that:

During Pontiac's Rebellion, British forces engaged in biological warfare against the Natives by purposefully spreading:

An Bostonian of African descent who was killed in the Boston Massacre:

All of the following foreigners helped the Continental Army EXCEPT which?

During the Revolution, the Americans were better supplied and had a stronger central government than the British.

The fourth and final part of the Declaration of Independence is:

The Boston Tea Party involved the _________ of 342 chests of tea.

One of the major things Baron von Steuben taught the Americans was proper sanitation practices.

British troops were known as:

We learned about two Treaties of Paris in this chapter. The first was signed in 1763, ending this conflict:

The Coercive Acts were laws meant to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. The Colonists called them:

Because he thought they would protect his tribe's land rights, Mohawk chief Joseph Brant fought for the Americans.

After the First Continental Congress, ____________ declared that the colonies were in a state of open rebellion.

He wrote "Common Sense" - a blistering attack on the British monarchy that called for American independence.

This Virginia delegate introduced the formal resolution for independence to Congress.

Americans knew the terrain better and were fighting to defend their homes and the common cause of independence.

The _________ Act put an import tax on a certain product if it was bought from a foreign country

The __________ Act extended Canadian territory southward, thus ignoring colonial claims to the area.

This law placed a tax on printed material of all kinds:

Blanket search warrants that allowed British officials unlimited searches of colonial property:

He successfully defended the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre, citing their actions as self-defense:

Sometimes known as "Tories", those colonists who wanted to remain a part of the British empire were called:

This Boston-based group engaged in both legal and illegal protests against British taxation:

Leader of the Sons of Liberty:

The third part of the Declaration of Independence is:

He said "Give me liberty or give me death!"

The first part of the Declaration of Independence is:

One of the biggest challenges General Washington had to overcome was:

The British hired these German mercenaries to help fight the Americans:

Many colonists favored independence because they felt their rights as British subjects had been violated.

Due to protest actions such as the Stamp Act Congress, Parliament eventually ___________ the Stamp Act.

Abigail Adams pressured her husband John to do more to fight against slavery and to stand up for ____________.

Members of the Sons of Liberty like Paul Revere (who created this image) used the Boston Massacre as:

Even as they prepared to do battle, the Second Continental Congress also asked for peace by sending this to King George:

All of these men rode out to warn the minutmen that the British were marching on Concord EXCEPT whom?

This early battle proved that Americans could stand up to British troops; they dealt the British over 1,000 casualties.

The second part of the Declaration of Independence is:

He led a Native American coalition against the British during a 1763 conflict that bears his name:

Americans won the Battle of Yorktown by

More enslaved African Americans fought for the __________ side, because it was a way to obtain their freedom.

The Intolerable Acts did all of the following EXCEPT which?