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Review of the Revolutionary War #history #revolution
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This general would turn on the colonists and spy for the British. Biggest traitor ever!
Sam Adams
Jack Jouett
Benedict Arnold
Von Steuben
2
Give me Liberty or Give me Death!
John Adams
Paul Revere
Sam Adams
Patrick Henry
3
This general would get surrounded by Washington and the French at Yorktown
Clinton
Burgoyne
Cornwallis
Howe
4
Kept the Spirit of Revolution alive by protesting abuses, organized Tea Party, enemy #1 of the King
Paul Revere
Hamilton
Patrick Henry
Sam Adams
5
This Act taxed glass, tea, and silk. Was imposed after British officials were run out of town.
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Townshend Acts
Sugar Act
6
The colonists captured this fort and transported the cannons to Boston.
Fort Henry
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Sumter
Fort Knox
7
Helped write
Federalist Papers
and the Constitution. President during War of 1812
Jefferson
Washington
Adams
Madison
8
Britain needed money to help cover the costs of this war.
Barbary War
War of 1812
War of the Roses
French and Indian War
9
Second President of the United States, persuaded others to vote for independence.
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
10
This Act taxed paper goods, resulting in prestigious colonists and colonies banding together.
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Quartering Act
11
For much of the war, Washington's strategy was to
Run!
retreat and rebuild
pursue and conquer
starve and freeze
12
This battle at sea, outside of Yorktown, would be critical for the success of the Revolution
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of the Virginia Shoals
Battle of the Virginia Capes
Battle of the Atlantic Isles
13
This battle surprised everyone when 6,000 British surrendered, resulting in French support.
Saratoga
Lexington
Brandywine
Yorktown
14
This person authored the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
15
This person wrote
Common Sense
which persuaded colonists to fight for independence
Paul Revere
Thomas Paine
Sam Adams
Thomas Jefferson
16
This founding father traveled to Paris and was given celebrity status. He knew how to party.
Franklin
John Adams
Jefferson
Hamilton
17
This person was appointed Commander of the Continental Army
Clinton
Washington
Hamilton
Patton
18
This event between colonists and British soldiers resulted in 6 colonists being killed.
Boston Massacre
Boston Marathon
Boston Riots
Boston Tea Party
19
Where was 'the Shot Heard Round the World' fired?
Concord
Boston
Philadelphia
Yorktown
20
The battle at this hill cost the British 1,100 and the colonists 400, boosting colonial morale.
Breed's Hill
Memorial Hill
Bunker Hill
Brown's Hill
21
The last phase of the war is known as
the Southern Campaign
the Northern Campaign
the Eastern Campaign
the Western Campaign
22
This Frenchmen fought with Washington & Hamilton, donating his own ship, soldiers & money.
Rochambeau
Napolean
LaFayette
Charles de Gaulle
23
This Founding Father fought alongside Washington, liked to irritate Jefferson & died in a duel.
Sam Adams
Thomas Paine
Franklin
Hamilton
24
The Revolution meant more freedom for which group of people?
Upper-class women
White, land-owning men
Native Americans
Slaves who had fought
25
Twenty percent of colonists sided with the King. They were called
Loyalists
Canadians
Confederates
Idiots
26
When the British LIFTED the tea tax on British tea the colonists protested their abuse of power
The Great Tea Spit Out
French and Indian War
The Boston Tea Party
The British Tea Boycott
27
Silversmith, Patriot, Midnight Ride
Patrick Henry
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Paul Revere
28
Washington and his men suffered through the winters at this location.
Gettysburg
Valley Forge
Nauvoo
Hidden Valley
29
Which was NOT a British disadvantage?
The French
Having no central target.
Getting Supplies to the War
The Germans
30
This Act in 1764 taxed molasses & coffee and clamped down on smuggling
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act