Loyalists and Patriots
loyalists
Which part of the British government passed acts?
The British Parliament
When was the Declaration of Independence written?
1776
Which of these was not an outcome of the Treaty of Paris?
The army freed the people it enslaved.
How did some allies help the Continental army?
supplied soldiers and warships
How did colonists react to the Stamp Act?
The protested until it was repealed
Which of the following colonists would most likely have agreed with this statement: “British laws and taxes are unfair to the colonies”?
Mercy Otis Watson
Which of these ideas was in the Declaration of Independence?
Great Britain has ruled the colonies unfairly.
Which big event did not feed the anger that led to the Boston Massacre?
The Boston Tea Party (This happened after the Boston Massacre)
Overthrowing one government and replacing it with another is called
a revolution.
Rich land owners, governors and religious leaders were often
loyalists
Benjamin Franklin tried to persuade the British government to
Treat the colonists fairly
Who was the main writer of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the purpose of the proclamation of 1763?
To protect the colonists
At the beginning of the American Revolution, British troops fought against
colonial militias and Minutemen.
What was the First Continental Congress?
The meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies.
An important task facing the Second Continental Congress was to
organize the colonies for war.
Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
Why did many colonists boycott tea and paper?
To protest taxes on those items
Why was it hard for the British to replace troops and supplies?
Their homeland was far away.
Colonists who wanted to be Independent from Britain were called
Patriots
Was Lord Dunmore a Loyalist or a Patriot?
Loyalist
The Declaration of Independence states that we have the right to "Life, Liberty and ....
The Pursuit of Happiness
The British called them the Coercive acts but the colonists called them the ...
Intolerable Acts
What was the continental army fighting for?
Independence from Britain
Religious Reasons
Some were loyal because they had been appointed to their jobs by King George
They felt that the colonies were started by Great Britain and they wanted to stay part of Great Britain
Benjamin Franklin was a patriot because he wanted....
Independence from Great Britain
Colonists rang bells and lit bonfires for the Declaration because they were
excited about their independence
Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point?
The colonial victory persuaded France to give more help.
Thousands of Native Americans fought for Great Britain because the British had
restricted colonization of their land.
Sam Adams helped to organize a group called
The Sons of Liberty
Thomas Payne's Common Sense pamphlets were trying to convince colonists to
Declare Independence from Britain
What happened on July 4th, 1776
The Declaration of Independence was signed
What was a significant result of the French and Indian War?
The British went deeply into debt
Which phrase describes a tactic of the Continental army?
surprise attacks