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The American Revolution & Periods of American Literature
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A review covering the #AmericanRevolution for all the bright young minds
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1
Who was the first black poet to become famous in America?
Phillis Wheatley
Anne Bradstreet
Abigail Adams
John WInthrop
2
After Horatio Gates failure in the South who is given command of the Southern armies.
Francis Marion
Marquis de Lafayette
Nathan Greene
Charles Cornwallis
3
Who was Commander of the Continental Army?
Horatio Gates
George Rogers Clark
George Washington
Francis Marion
4
Which period of literature spans 1620-1720 and is also referred to as the Puritan Age?
Enlightenment Period
Revolutionary Period
Romantic Period
Colonial Period
5
Which of the following is NOT considered a New England state?
Massachusetts
Maine
Connecticut
Virginia
6
Who threw lavish parties after victories, was having an affair with an officer's wife and lost at Saratoga?
William Howe
John Burgoyne
Horatio Gates
Lord Cornwallis
7
This 19 year old Frenchman supported the Americans and did all he could to help the American cause.
Jacques Francois
Marquis de Lafayette
Jean Piaget
Jean Rochambeau
8
This battle in the South was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war.
Yorktown
Charleston
Guilford Courthouse
King's Mountian
9
This African American filed a lawsuit over her freedom in Massachusetts and wins.
Richard Allen
Harriett Tubman
James Forten
Elizabeth Freeman
10
This battle in August of 1780, in South Carolina Gates is easily defeated and the British take over 5,000 prisoners.
Charleston
Cowpens
Guilford Courthouse
Camden
11
What woman is famous for bringing water to tired soldiers in battle?
Bea Arthur
Martha Washington
Mary Hays
Abigail Adams
12
Who was given the task of defending the West from the British and had a huge victory at Fort Sackville?
Jean Rochambeau
George Rogers Clark
Henry Hamilton
George Washington
13
What British general takes Charlestown, South Carolina in 1780?
Henry Clinton
William Howe
John Burgoyne
Charles Cornwallis
14
Which American was a hero at Saratoga, failed as a leader in the South and defeated the British at Bemis Heights.
Benedict Arnold
Horatio Gates
Daniel Morgan
Nathan Greene
15
What is the last great battle of the Revolution?
Trenton
Saratoga
Yorktown
Bunker Hill
16
What treaty ends the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris of 1898
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Treaty of Paris of 1763
17
Who said "These are times that try men's souls."?
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
18
Which period of literature contains writing that is concerned with politics, individual rights, and business?
The Colonial Period
The Enlightment Period
The Revolutionary Period
The Puritan Age
19
Who has a huge victory over the British Navy and is quoted as saying “I have not yet begun to fight!”?
Nathan Greene
Chester Nimitz
Oliver Hazard Perry
John Paul Jones
20
What was the ship John Paul Jones sailed on when fighting the British?
Executor
Serapis
Liberty
Bonnhomme Richard
21
What king of France pledges his allegiance to America by signing 2 treaties?
Louis XI
Louis XII
Louis XVI
Louis XIV
22
Who wrote "Poor Richard's Almanac?"
Thomas Paine
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
23
This man helped to setup the Free African American Society.
Richard Allen
Crispus Attucks
John Brown
James Forten
24
Who was known as the “Swamp Fox” and used guerilla tactics to terrorize the British in the South.
Henry Clinton
Nathan Greene
Banastre Tarleton
Francis Marion
25
Which Founding Father served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of VIrginia from 1776-1779 and 1784-86?
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
James Madison
26
What fort does Barry St. Leger make an attempt to take while on his way to Albany, New York?
Ft. Necessity
Ft. Sackville
Ft. Stanwix
Ft. Ticonderoga
27
Which poet threatened parishioners with fear, especially in the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."?
Edward Taylor
Jonathan Edwards
Anne Bradstreet
Phillis Wheatley
28
Whose poetry reflects her devotion to her Puritan religion and to her domestic life?
Phillis Wheatley
Abigail Adams
Anne Bradstreet
Cotton Mather
29
This man helped to take Fort Stanwix back from Barry St. Leger, fought at Freeman’s farm but is remembered as a traitor.
Daniel Morgan
Brutus
Judas
Benedict Arnold
30
Who wrote about land and property matters, had diaries and mauscripts detailing Virginia society especially the rich?
John Smith
WIlliam Bradford
Edward Taylor
William Byrd
