American Revolution

Question 1

What did Elizabeth Freeman, Deborah Sampson, Phillis Wheatley, and Molly Pitcher do to help?

Accepted Answer

The were nurses and helped heal wounded soldiers., They cooked food for soldiers and made them clothes., They disguised themselves as men to help fight., They provided shelter for soldiers.

Question 2

What event/s helped the Continental Army win?

Accepted Answer

Von Stueben, a German, trained soldiers to fight better., Foraging parties collected enough food to feed the soldiers., The Continental Congress sent the soldiers more money.

Question 3

Why did the British enact the Intolerable Acts and the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

To increase British control over the colonists.

Question 4

Who said this quote: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Accepted Answer

Nathan Hale

Question 5

Who helped the colonists defeat the British at Yorktown?

Accepted Answer

The French

Question 6

From our reading, what is the meaning of the word, declaration?

Accepted Answer

A document that contains an official statement.

Question 7

_______ was an ________ of Great Britain, so they helped the colonists fight the British.

Accepted Answer

France; enemy

Question 8

Who wrote the patriot's pamphlet, Common Sense?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 9

A famous quote from John Paul Jones is:

Accepted Answer

"I have not yet begun to fight."

Question 10

At the Second Continental Congress what decisions did they make?

Accepted Answer

All are true.

Question 11

When and where was the did the "shot heard round the world" happen?

Accepted Answer

April, 1775; Lexington, Massachusetts

Question 12

"No taxation without representation!" Was said by:

Accepted Answer

Colonists or Sons of Liberty

Question 13

What is the name of the meeting that occurred with 12 representatives in Philadelphia?

Accepted Answer

The First Continental Congress

Question 14

Why did the British decide to tax the colonists?

Accepted Answer

To pay off their war debts.

Question 15

On the eve of _________________ Paul Revere rode out of Boston.

Accepted Answer

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Question 16

How did the French help the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

They sent military troops to fight with the colonists.

Question 17

Who won the French and Indian War becoming the dominant power in North America?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain

Question 18

Who fought in the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

British and French

Question 19

The Declaration of Independence was:

Accepted Answer

a key document in American History.

Question 20

What are the main reasons did Cornwallis surrender at Yorktown?

Accepted Answer

The Continental Army set up canons., The French and Continental Armies cut-off escape routes., The French Navy cut off the British supplies.

Question 21

Deborah Sampson showed "extraordinary heroism" during the American Revolution. What is she?

Accepted Answer

A heroine.

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