Revolutionary War Quiz

This battle happened after Washington and his troops surprised the Hessians on Christmas night.

This act placed a placed taxes on lead, glass, paper, paint and tea.

He wrote Common Sense, a book that later inspired the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

How many terms did George Washington serve as president?

This act placed a tax on important legal documents, including marriage licenses and diplomas.

Minutemen were

What term is used to describe the 1/3 of the Americans who swore allegiance to King George III and his government?

Which colony did not send a delegate to the First Continental Congress?

This was the first act of defiance against the British, resulting in the Boston Port Act being passed in 1774.

This battle resulted in America aquiring much needed supplies, like flour, tents, and shoes.

The colonists non-violently protested the Stamp Act by agreeing to do this to British goods.

He was the lawyer and future president who defended Captain Preston for the Boston Massacre.

This was forbidden west of the Allegheny (Appalachian) Mountains because of Indian raids.

This is where Cornwallis and the British troops surrendered, ending the Revolutionary War.

How many men signed the Declaration of Independence?

All 56 delegates of the Second Continental Congress signed this important document.

He sat with his troops to keep their spirits up at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778.

Who made up the largest portion of the soldiers (about 30,000) sent to America to fight for the British Crown?

What was an action taken by radical delegates of the Continental Congress after the moderates’ approach went nowhere?

Who nominated George Washington to lead the newly approved Continental Army is 1775?

He shouted at the First Continental Congress “…give me liberty or give me death!”

Who was the Prussian military officer hired to whip Washington’s rag-tag army into shape?

What assembled in Philadelphia in 1774 to address the British actions against the colonies?

The first shots to start the American Revolution were fired here.

He became King of Great Britain in 1760 at the age of 22.

This left five colonists dead and happened because British soldiers were taunted by the colonists in the streets.

This battle is known as the turning point of the war because it caused France to fight for America’s independence.

America lost this battle in the New York Harbor, and it marked the first appearance of German mercentaries.

These acts was also known as the the Coercive Acts, and they were meant to punish the colonists.

Samuel Adams started this organization after the Stamp Act.