Practice Test: The American Revolutionary War 
Part II: Checking Your Progress
A. True-False
Where the statement is true, circle T; where it is false, circle F.
1. T F George Washington was chosen commander of the American army primarily because of his military abilities and experience.
2. T F Following the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George made one last attempt at reconciliation with his American subjects and their Continental Congress.
3. T F The American invasion of Canada in 1775 was based in part on the false belief that oppressed French Canadians would rise up in revolt and join the thirteen colonies in revolt.
4. T F Tom Paine’s Common Sense was most important because it advocated not only American independence but a republican form of government based on consent of the people.
5. T F The Declaration of Independence justified American independence not on the basis of the historic rights of Englishmen, but on the basis of the universal natural rights of all humankind.
6. T F The Declaration of Independence made the colonists seditious rebels against the king and enabled them to seek foreign assistance for their cause.
7. T F The Loyalists considered the Patriots to be the traitors to their country (Britain) and themselves to be the true patriots.
8. T F Most Loyalists were executed or driven from the country after the Patriot victory.
9. T F The Loyalists were strongest in New England and Virginia.
10. T F The most critical result of General Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga in 1777 was that it led to the American alliance with France.
11. T F Americans’ enlightened revolutionary idealism made them believe that the rule of law and free commercial trade, not traditional power politics, should be the basis of all international relations.
12. T F By using delay and strategic retreat, General Nathanael Greene successfully thwarted the British attempt to crush the Revolution in the South 1780–1781.
13. T F At Yorktown, the Americans finally showed that they could win
A. True-False
Where the statement is true, circle T; where it is false, circle F.
1. T F George Washington was chosen commander of the American army primarily because of his military abilities and experience.
2. T F Following the Battle of Bunker Hill, King George made one last attempt at reconciliation with his American subjects and their Continental Congress.
3. T F The American invasion of Canada in 1775 was based in part on the false belief that oppressed French Canadians would rise up in revolt and join the thirteen colonies in revolt.
4. T F Tom Paine’s Common Sense was most important because it advocated not only American independence but a republican form of government based on consent of the people.
5. T F The Declaration of Independence justified American independence not on the basis of the historic rights of Englishmen, but on the basis of the universal natural rights of all humankind.
6. T F The Declaration of Independence made the colonists seditious rebels against the king and enabled them to seek foreign assistance for their cause.
7. T F The Loyalists considered the Patriots to be the traitors to their country (Britain) and themselves to be the true patriots.
8. T F Most Loyalists were executed or driven from the country after the Patriot victory.
9. T F The Loyalists were strongest in New England and Virginia.
10. T F The most critical result of General Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga in 1777 was that it led to the American alliance with France.
11. T F Americans’ enlightened revolutionary idealism made them believe that the rule of law and free commercial trade, not traditional power politics, should be the basis of all international relations.
12. T F By using delay and strategic retreat, General Nathanael Greene successfully thwarted the British attempt to crush the Revolution in the South 1780–1781.
13. T F At Yorktown, the Americans finally showed that they could win