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1
Which Act was a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
2
Why did the Boston Tea Party occur?
The Olive Branch Petition Failed
It was directly after the Boston Massacre
British Tea was too expensive
British tea was too cheap
3
What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
Saratoga
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
Trenton
4
Which colonist will famously be negotiating in France during and after the war?
Thomas Gage
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Benedict Arnold
5
Who was the British leader at the Battle of Yorktown?
Horatio Gates
Thomas Gage
William Howe
Lord Cornwallis
6
Who wrote the pamphlet
Common Sense?
John Adams
John Locke
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
7
Where do the colonists famously survive a harsh winter at?
Canada
Valley Forge
Bunker Hill
Trenton
8
"Tories" are also known as what?
Royalists
Loyalists
Patriots
Colonists
9
Who did the Patriots fight at the Battle of Kings Mountain?
Loyalists
Redcoats
Native Americans
Hessians
10
Who was known as the Swamp Fox?
Benedict Arnold
Francis Marion
Ethan Allen
Benedict Tarleton
11
Which battle involved Washington crossing the Delaware River on Christmas?
Trenton
Kings Mountain
Dorchester Heights
Long Island
12
Which of these people ended up betraying the Patriots?
William Howe
Ethan Allen
Francis Marion
Benedict Arnold
13
Which British General was defeated at Saratoga?
Lord Cornwallis
William Howe
John Burgoyne
Horatio Gates
14
Which of these was sent to King George as a last ditch effort at peace?
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Olive Branch Petition
Bill of Rights
15
What fighting technique did the Patriots mostly use in the South?
Openfield Battle
Guerilla Warfare
Flanking
Siege
16
Which battle involved George Washington shelling Boston in order to drive the British out?
Dorchester Heights
Saratoga
Lexington and Concord
Bunker Hill
17
What was the main method the Colonists used to hurt the British economy?
Attack merchant ships and throw their goods overboard
Make American goods cheaper
Boycott
Siege
18
Which fort did Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys take together?
Duquesne
Necessity
Knox
Ticonderoga
19
Which of these was a colonial spy who was captured and hung in New York?
Benedict Arnold
Nathan Hale
William Dawes
Thomas Gage
20
Which of these involved 5 people being shot by British soldiers?
Boston Tea Party
Battle of Trenton
Stamp Act Congress
Boston Massacre
21
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
George Washington
Patrick Henry
Thomas Jefferson
22
Who was a famous naval commander for the Patriots?
John Paul Jones
Horatio Gates
Jean Lafitte
Thomas Gage
23
Which of these battles took place right outside Boston?
Saratoga
Bunker Hill
Trenton
Long Island
24
Who warned Sam Adams/John Hancock that the British were coming to take them prisoner?
William Dawes
Nathan Hale
Patrick Henry
Paul Revere
25
Who is the leader of the Green Mountain Boys
Francis Marion
Ethan Allen
Sam Adams
Benedict Arnold
26
The Proclamation of 1763 said that the colonists couldn't settle west of where?
Appalachian Mountains
New England Colonies
Mississippi River
Ohio River Valley
27
What is the nickname for Massachusetts Milita?
Sons of Thunder
Sons of Liberty
Minutemen
Green Mountain Boys
28
What was the final major battle of the American Revolution?
Yorktown
Atlanta
Trenton
Trenton
29
A group of Bostonians who fought against the British taxes were called what?
Proud Bostonians
Sons of Liberty
Swamp Foxes
Green Mountain Boys
30
Which Prussian military officer helped train the Continental army at Valley Forge?
Kaiser Wilhelm
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben
Napoleon Bonapart
31
Which of these was a tax placed on all printed material?
Sugar Act
Tax Act
Stamp Act
Paper Act
32
Who helped the colonists at the Battle of Yorktown?
Hessians
Freed Slaves
Loyalists
The French
33
Which battle is considered the turning point of the American Revolution?
Dorchester Heights
Long Island
Saratoga
Yorktown
34
Which of these allowed customs officials to search anywhere they wanted for stolen goods?
Boston Tea Party
Writs of Assistance
Public Service Documents
Stamp Act
35
Where was the Treaty that ended the war signed?
Hesse
Paris
New York City
London
