American Revolution by Bunker

Question 1

Which document assured the King that the colonist wanted peace and protection of colonist’s rights?

Accepted Answer

Olive Branch Petition

Question 2

What Major General fought for the Continental Army, before becoming a traitor and defecting to the British side?

Accepted Answer

Benedict Arnold

Question 3

Where did Cornwallis surrender; this loss led to the ending of the war?

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 4

Which militia group tracked down and defeated a British-led loyalist troop in the south Appalachians?

Accepted Answer

Overmountainmen

Question 5

Who said the following quote? “I have not yet begun to fight.”

Accepted Answer

John Paul Jones

Question 6

What two international figures helped in the American Revolution cause?

Accepted Answer

Baron Von Steuben and Marquis De Lafayette

Question 7

Who said the following quote? “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

Accepted Answer

Nathan Hale

Question 8

The “Swamp Fox” was another name for what militia leader?

Accepted Answer

Francis Marion

Question 9

Who was a slave that spied on the British; helping Lafayette during the siege at Yorktown?

Accepted Answer

James Armistead

Question 10

In 1779, who led the Overmountain Men when capturing Fort Sackville?

Accepted Answer

George Clark

Question 11

Put the following events in chronological order...(A. Declaration of Independence), (B. Lexington), (C. Yorktown)

Accepted Answer

B A C

Question 12

Which battle is considered the turning point to the Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 13

Which battle would you hear, “Don’t fire till you see the whites of their eyes!”

Accepted Answer

Bunker Hill

Question 14

What year did the Revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

1775

Question 15

Who said, “The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God on the conduct and courage of this Army?”

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 16

What was the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

a listing of grievances

Question 17

Why was the 3-prong attack on Albany a failure?

Accepted Answer

General Howe never showed up.

Question 18

What did the British Army realize after the Battle of Bunker Hill?

Accepted Answer

The will of the Colonists' was strong.

Question 19

Which is NOT a strategy the British implemented on the Colonists.

Accepted Answer

Get the French to ally with the British

Question 20

Where did Washington avoid capture by crossing the East River in the fog?

Accepted Answer

Long Island, NY

Question 21

Who helped train George Washington's troops to become better soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Von Steuben

Question 22

What was the peace treaty that marked the end of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 23

Which naval hero captured British supply ships and the HMS Serapis?

Accepted Answer

John Paul Jones

Question 24

Where did Washington endure the harsh winter of 1777-78?

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 25

Who led 2000 troops across the Delaware River on Christmas night to defeat the British in Trenton, New Jersey?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 26

Who was the 19-year-old that left France and became a trusted aid to George Washington?

Accepted Answer

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 27

Privately owned ships that were outfitted with weapons to capture enemy ships and their cargo.

Accepted Answer

privateer

Question 28

What battle convinced France and Spain to help the United Colonies?

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 29

Who wrote "Common Sense?"

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 30

The “Shot heard around the world” was at this location.

Accepted Answer

Lexington

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