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American Revolution 8th grade
American Revolution 8th grade
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Review of the American Revolution and events that led up to it.
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1
This Congress sent the "Olive Branch" petition to the English King.
1st Continental Congress
2nd Continental Congress
3rd Continental Congress
4th Continental Congress
2
Our county's birthday is:
July 4, 1776
July 2, 1776
July 27, 1777
July 1, 1783
3
Which of these was NOT a major battle?
Saratoga
Trenton
Yorktown
Charlottesville
4
Why did the Battle of Camden fail?
The colonial army troops chickened out and ran
The colonial army troops were starving
The colonial army troops were exhausted
Many of the colonial troops didn't show up for the battle.
5
Washington and his troops crossed a river to fight this battle.
Baltimore
Philedelphia
Trenton
Princeton
6
The most brutal fighting occurred here.
Valley Forge
Southern Colonies
New England Colonies
Lexington and Concord
7
The Stamp Act placed a tax on all of the following except:
Newspapers
Tea
Documents
Pamplets
8
Which of these terms don't fit together?
Breed's Hill
Battle Bunker Hill
Battle of Vincennes
Battle of Dorchester Heights
9
Which of the following events took place LAST?
The Battle of Bunker Hill took place.
The battles of Lexington and Concord occurred.
The 2nd Continental Congress met
The Declaration of Independence was issued.
10
This battle was called the turning point in the war.
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Hastings
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Bunker Hill
11
Who was the rider that warned "the British are coming"?
George Mason
Paul Revers
Patrick Henry
Nathaniel Hale
12
Redcoats left from this city to seize weapons from Lexington and Concord.
Trenton
New York
Boston
Philedelphia
13
Which of these did not happen under the Treaty of Paris?
Americas borders were set
Britain recognized our independence.
Returned Florida to Spain
All land west of the Mississippi was given to the colonies
14
He was called the "Swamp Fox" and adopted guerrilla warfare tactics to defeat British forces.
Francis Marion
Charles Darwin
General Cornwallis
Patrick Henry
15
These people didn't want to declare independence from England.
Quakers
Patriots
Loyalists
Native Americans
16
Who was the King of England during the War?
King George
king Richard
King James
King Henry
17
This was the last major battle of the War.
Battle of Brandywine Station
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of New York
18
This prohibited the colonists from settling past the Appalachian Mountains.
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Versailles
Proclamation of 1763
Treaty of Paris
19
Which was not a strategy George Rogers Clark used against the British?
Hit and run tactics
Attack British supply lines
Kill officers first
Stand and fight
20
The American Army was known as the.....
Federal Army
National Army
Continental Army
Invading Army
21
He wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense".
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Nathaniel Hale
Benjamin Franklin
22
Hessians were mercenaries from what country?
Germany
Ireland
England
Spain
23
Which Act required that colonist must host British soldiers in their homes?
Intolerable Act
Homestead Act
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
24
Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Henry
Thomas Paine
Thomas Jefferson
25
This group threw tea overboard in Boston Harbor
Sons of Liberty
ISIS
Al Quaeda
Sons of Freedom