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Chapter 4 - The American Revolution
Chapter 4 - The American Revolution
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The American Revolution began when shots were fired at
Philadelphia
Concord
Lexington
Boston
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The war ended in 1783 with the signing of the
Treaty of Paris
Revolution Treaty
None of the above
American Treaty of Independence
3
Strongest, largest Navy
American weakness
American strength
British weakness
British strength
4
What event is this?
Boston Tea Party
Boston Massacre
Intolerable Acts
5
Colonists opposed new British taxes by protesting violently and
writing defiant pamphlets
returning to England
none of the above
staging hunger strikes
6
Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Gates
Sam Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
7
African-Americans were promised freedom if they fought for the British. T or F?
FALSE
TRUE
8
British supporters in North America
Loyalists
Patriots
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_______did not send delegates to the first Continental Congress.
New Jersey
Vermont
Georgia
Delaware
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The last battle of the American Revolution was at _________________, Virginia.
Monmouth
Yorktown
Trenton
Saratoga
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What is happening here?
The Hessians preparing to attack the Patriots
Washington crossing the Delaware
Cornwallis coming to the colonies
12
The American style of warfare was ____________________.
Guerrilla warfare
Trench warfare
To fight in lines
None of the above
13
Act that gave the East India Tea Company a monopoly on tea .
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
Sugar Act
Tea Act
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freedoms that cannot be taken away by government
natural rights
all of the above
liberty
life
15
Who is this?
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
Paul Revere
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The British general who lost many soldiers at the Battle of Bunker Hill
William Howe
Thomas Gates
Gen. Cornwallis
Gen. Gage
17
The Patriots received help from the French at the battle of Yorktown. Tor F?
FALSE
TRUE
18
The very harsh laws to punish Boston, for throwing the tea into the harbor was the
Tea Acts
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Harbor Punishment Acts
19
Most Native Americans
sided with the colonists
remained neutral
sided with the British
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What is happening here?
Revolutionary War
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
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Which of the following groups led violent protests against British taxes in the colonies?
Sons of Liberty
None of the above
The American Legion
Loyalists
22
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet in protest of British rule.
Unfair Taxation
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Common Sense
23
The British style of warfare was to ____________________.
use guerrilla warfare
fight in lines
fight in trenches
24
The turning point of the war was the battle of .
Trenton
Saratoga
Yorktown
Princeton
25
The Dec. of Indep. was written to explain why colonists were angry with British rule. T or F?
TRUE
FALSE
26
What is happening here?
Tar and feathering
A funeral
A parade
27
African-Americans thought the Dec of Indep was an opportunity for freedom and equality. T or F?
FALSE
TRUE
28
Distance
British strength
America weakness
America strength
British weakness
29
Most of the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on Bunker Hill - T or F?
TRUE
FALSE
30
In what way did each colony’s government mirror the government of Britain?
Each colony called its legislature a parliament.
Each colony had a House of Lords.
Each colony had a two-house legislature.
Each colony appointed a monarch.
31
The Spanish were the colonists most important allies. T or F?
TRUE
FALSE
32
After British forces started losing battles in the South, neutral colonists reacted by
forming their own militias.
fleeing to the West.
supporting the Patriots.
helping the British.
33
Said “Give me liberty or give me death!”
George Washington
John Adams
Patrick Henry
Paul Revere
34
The Battle of Bunker Hill is significant because the British lost half their troops. T or F?
FALSE
TRUE
35
The Sons of Liberty led violent protests against British taxation in the colonies... T or F?
TRUE
FALSE
36
The river Washington crossed on Christmas Eve was the ____________________.
Susquehanna River
Mississippi River
Delaware River
Missouri River
37
In which state was the Battle of Trenton fought?
New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
38
Who is this?
Mary Swift Rays
Molly Pitcher
Betsy Ross
Abigail Adams
39
He trained the American Army at Valley Forge
Baron von Steuben
Marquis de Lafayette
Benedict Arnold
Comte DeGrasse
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He was killed at the Boston Massacre
Marquis de Lafayette
Thomas Jefferson
Crispus Attucks
Robert J Smith
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A law that required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials
Paper Act
Stamp Act
Paper Tax
Stamp Tax
42
Professional hired soldiers...?
minutemen
mercenaries
All of the above
militia
43
Colonial militia who were ready to fight at a moment’s notice
minutemen
Loyalist
mercenary
militia
44
Rode a horse to warn minutemen that “The British are coming!”
Sam Adams
John Hancock
Paul Revere
William Dawes
45
Name given to colonists who fought for freedom
Patriot
Loyalist
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What is happening here?
Signing the Declaration of Independence
First Constitutional Convention
Signing the Treaty of Paris
47
What is happening here?
Concord
Crossing the Delaware
Bunker Hill
Lexington
48
The colonists modeled their government on the government of...
France
Spain
England
China
49
After the Battle of Princeton, the American troops spent the winter at ______________.
Philadelphia
Trenton
Morristown
Valley Forge
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Knew the land better
British strength
American weakness
American strength
British weakness
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The body that gave command of the Continental Army to George Washington
Congress
Second Continental Congress
First Continental Congress
