American Revolution

Question 1

Whose writings help stir the revolutionary spirit in America?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 2

The Sons of Liberty did this to protest the Tea Act

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party

Question 3

Who wrote the majority of the Articles of Condeferation?

Accepted Answer

John Dickinson

Question 4

King George proclaimed no Americans could settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Accepted Answer

Proclamation Line of 1763

Question 5

When 5 Americans were killed by British soldiers during a riot at the Boston Customs House

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 6

A loyalist to King George III was called?

Accepted Answer

Tory

Question 7

Who was able to propose American Independence so the Congress would debate it?

Accepted Answer

Richard Henry Lee

Question 8

Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 9

What was the first battle of the revolution?

Accepted Answer

Lexington & Concord

Question 10

What listed America's complaints against the King and stated the reason for the war?

Accepted Answer

Declaration of Independence

Question 11

Where in New Jersey did Washington's army spend 2 winters?

Accepted Answer

Morristown

Question 12

This American Navy captain would raid English towns to draw the British Navy away from America.

Accepted Answer

John Paul Jones

Question 13

This battle made British General Howe cautious when engaging the Americans.

Accepted Answer

Bunker Hill

Question 14

The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" happened where?

Accepted Answer

Lexington

Question 15

What state saw the most battles during the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

New Jersey

Question 16

Which Europen Navy ensured Washington won the Battle of Yorktown?

Accepted Answer

French

Question 17

Thomas Jefferson called this English king a tyrant.

Accepted Answer

George III

Question 18

This city served as America's capital during the Revolution.

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 19

This young French aristocrat served as a personal aide to Washington.

Accepted Answer

The Marquis de Lafayette

Question 20

How many colonies had to vote yes for the Declaration of Independence to pass?

Accepted Answer

All 13

Question 21

Who was the most vocal supporter of Independence in the Second Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

John Adams

Question 22

This Ottawa Indian chief led a rebellion against the English.

Accepted Answer

Pontiac

Question 23

Why did the Olive Branch Petition fail?

Accepted Answer

King George III read a letter by J. Adams criticizing it

Question 24

This Prussian military commander trained Washington's troops.

Accepted Answer

Baron Friedrich von Steuben

Question 25

This tax replaced the Sugar Act

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 26

What did the southern colonies find offensive in Jefferson's first draft of the Declaration?

Accepted Answer

Abolition of Slavery

Question 27

Henry Knox used cannon from this New York fort to drive the British out of Boston

Accepted Answer

Ticonderoga

Question 28

Why did Ben Franklin draw a picture of a snake cut into pieces?

Accepted Answer

Encourage colonies to come together

Question 29

Who did the English hire as mercenaries to fight against the Americans?

Accepted Answer

Hessians

Question 30

Who made a wood cutting of the Boston Massacre and rode out to warn the Red Coats were coming?

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

Question 31

This was the first tax act passed after the French and Indian War.

Accepted Answer

Sugar Act

Question 32

Which of the 5 Colonies represented by the Declaration Committee was not from the North?

Accepted Answer

Virginia, Thomas Jefferson

Question 33

What was the last battle of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 34

Why was Saratoga the turning point of the war?

Accepted Answer

It convinced the French to join

Question 35

The first American Constitution was....

Accepted Answer

The Articles of Confederation

Question 36

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 37

Where did Washington's army receive training on how to fight like Europeans?

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 38

Why was it important that the commander-in-chief, G Washington, was from the South?

Accepted Answer

To unify the colonies

Question 39

The legend surrounding this Morristown girl is that she outsmarted soldiers to save what?

Accepted Answer

Her horse

Question 40

Radical protest group founded by Sam Adams

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty

Question 41

What was Washington's strategy to win?

Accepted Answer

Surprise attacks and tricks

Question 42

What fort was Benedict Arnold trying to betray to the British?

Accepted Answer

West Point

Question 43

What river did Washington cross on Christmas 1776 to attack Trenton, NJ?

Accepted Answer

Delaware

Question 44

How did the Battle of Monmouth, NJ change British strategy?

Accepted Answer

They moved engagements to the southern colonies

Question 45

The legend of this NJ woman demonstrated that all Americans were involved in the war.

Accepted Answer

Molly Pitcher

Question 46

General Washington lost more battles than he won.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

What river in New York state had a chain stretched across it?

Accepted Answer

Hudson

Question 48

The British Army promised African slaves freedom if they fought for England.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 49

What best sums up the root cause for the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Taxation without representation

Question 50

Salutary Neglect did what?

Accepted Answer

Non-enforcement of Taxes

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