All of the following led to American victory EXCEPT:
Americans were familiar with the local geography.
Help from other nations like Russia was crucial in providing weapons.
Patriot soldiers were fighting for their homes and beliefs.
The colonists were able to unify for the American cause
This French noble, inspired by the Declaration of Independence, volunteered to serve in the American army without pay. He served as an aide to Washington and commanded part of the Continental Army. He convinced the French government to send troops and ships to help the Americans.
Bernardo de Galvez
Baron de Montesquieu
Marquis de Lafayette
Friedrich von Steuben
All of the following are TRUE about the Continental and British forces EXCEPT:
The Continental forces outnumbered the British forces
The French supported the British as allies
The Continental Army had very limited weapons
The British forces were more trained and disciplined
The British government issued the ________________________ which drew an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mountains and said colonial settlers must remove themselves from Native American lands.
Treaty of Paris
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
Sugar Act
At an event called ______________________ , colonists dressed as Native Americans dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
Albany Plan of Union
Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
The _____________________ was a meeting in 1774, in Philadelphia, where representatives, or delegates, gathered to discuss colonial action after the Intolerable Acts.
Where did British General Cornwallis surrender to American forces, leading to the end of the American Revolutionary War?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yorktown, Virginia
Boston, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts
The colonists reacted angrily to the Tea Act because they thought it:
Went against the principles of mercantilism.
Forced them to not buy tea.
Kept them from buying tea at a low price.
Was a way to make them accept Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.
All of the following are TRUE about the American camp at Valley Forge EXCEPT:
It was a makeshift camp for the Patriot troops to weather the winter
It was a difficult winter filled with hardships for soldiers
George Washington went home to Martha Washington at Mount Vernon for the winter
The drills helped the Continental army to march and fight with new skill
The _____________________ were meant by the British to punish the colonists by closing the port at Boston and forbidding the colonists to hold meetings without the governor's permission. These harsh acts actually pushed the colonists closer to the Revolution.
Committees of Correspondence
Intolerable Acts
Minutemen
Boston Massacre
This free black sailor died in the Boston Massacre, one of the first colonists to lose his life in what would become the American Revolution.
John Adams
Samuel Adams
Crispus Attucks
Patrick Henry
In 1770, at an incident named the _______________________________, five colonists were shot by British soldiers who felt threatened by a rowdy crowd.
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Massacre
The First Continental Congress
The Intolerable Acts
_______________________, president of the Continental Congress, signed the Declaration first. Some were afraid to sign, but this signer, said "There, I guess King George will be able to read that.
George Washington
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
What was significant about the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Minutemen faced British troops and forced them back at a bridge.
It marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
Minutemen used the region's geography to defeat the British from cover of woods and fields.
The British were not willing to use deadly force in the battle.
The ________________________, which taxed molasses, made it easier for British officials to bring colonial smugglers to trial.
How did the Americans use local geography to their advantage in the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The Americans blocked British access to Boston Harbor with their ships.
The Americans assembled along the north shore of the Charles River.
The Americans took a position on a hilltop overlooking Boston Harbor.
The Americans lured the British into a valley and attacked from the hills above.
The essential idea behind the British mercantilist system was that:
The colonies should expand trade with other nations.
Taxes should be lower to encourage small business growth.
Economic growth in the colonies should benefit Britain.
Any tax increases should be used to support colonial growth.
What was the colonists' main argument against the Stamp Tax?
It wasn't consistent with a free-enterprise system.
The colonists had no representatives in Parliament.
The colonists were already being hurt by the Navigation Acts.
The colonists were already being taxed by their colonial assemblies.
Which of the following statements comparing the Continental and British armies is MOST accurate?
The British had more troops and were better disciplined than the Americans.
The British had less money to buy supplies while the American supplies were plentiful.
The British used traditional methods of fighting while the Americans used more unconventional methods like guerilla warfare.
The British had more significant and powerful allies than the Americans.
What important issue in the American colonies symbolized the core of their dispute with British rule?
Forced enlistment in the army
Lack of governmental services
Taxation without representation
Manifest destiny
