U.S History Chapter 4 Test

During which event did the first fighting between Redcoats and Minutemen occur?

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Which European country supported the American colonies during the Revolutionary War?

France

Which act were passes by King George after the Boston Tea Party?

Intolerable

Whose enlightenment concepts did Tomas Jefferson draw upon as he drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776?

John Locke's

After withdrawing from Boston in 1776, the British tried to isolate New England by seizing which city?

New York

Which of the following men helped to found the Sons of Liberty?

Samuel Adams

After what military success in 1777 did the French pledge to assist the colonies?

Saratoga

How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?

The First Continental Congress drew up a Declaration of Colonial Rights

With the Boston Tea Party in December 1773, what message were the colonists sending to Great Britain?

The colonists were forcefully communicating their feelings about the tea tax

The document that was crucial in changing public opinion to support independence was

Thomas Paine's Common Sense

The Continental Army scored its first and much-needed victory during a snowstorm on Christmas Eve 1776, When Washington and his troops surprised the Hessians at

Trenton, New Jersey

During the Revolutionary War, what did the Continental Army lack?

food and ammunition

What did the Townshend Act bring about?

indirect taxes on imported goods

Which of the following confirmed American independence and set the boundaries of the new nation?

the Treaty of Paris

The Boston Massacre. on March 5, 1770, was a patriot response to

the stationing of British soldiers in Boston.