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.