The American Revolution

Question 1

Who was a French nobleman that volunteered to serve in the Continental Army for free?

Accepted Answer

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 2

How did some women contribute to the War effort?

Accepted Answer

spies and messengers, raising money, nurses, making clothes

Question 3

Why didn't the colonists think the new taxes were unfair?

Accepted Answer

taxation without representation, they had no part in making them

Question 4

A member of the First and Second Continental Congress and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris.

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Franklin

Question 5

Who were the German soldiers that Britain hired to fight in the War?

Accepted Answer

Hessians

Question 6

Which of the following said that Boston Harbor was closed and colonists had to house soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts 1774

Question 7

The place where the British surrendered because they were surrounded and knew they couldn't win

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Yorktown

Question 8

Which of the following got exaggerated (stretched) to make colonists join the Patriots?

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre 1770

Question 9

The place where the Patriots snuck upon sleeping Hessians and attacked/won quickly

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Trenton

Question 10

Which event occurred first?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act

Question 11

Which group wanted to separate from Britain and form a new country?

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 12

Which of the following was passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party?

Accepted Answer

Intolerable Acts 1774

Question 13

Where did the first battle of the Revolution start?

Accepted Answer

Lexington, Massachusetts

Question 14

The place where the Patriots fought a much larger British army with much less supplies

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 15

How did young white men contribute to the War effort?

Accepted Answer

fighting in the Army

Question 16

Who was known as the "Swamp Fox" and used surprise attacks to defeat the British in the South?

Accepted Answer

Francis Marion

Question 17

Which of the following was when colonists ruined British goods to protest the raised taxes?

Accepted Answer

Boston Tea Party 1773

Question 18

How did some free African Americans contribute to the War effort?

Accepted Answer

spies and messengers, volunteering to fight for the Patriots

Question 19

This person wrote most of the Declaration of Indpendence.

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 20

Which of the following raised taxes on the colonies to pay for Britain's debt?

Accepted Answer

Stamp Act 1765

Question 21

What does "No Taxation Without Representation" mean?

Accepted Answer

the colonists should have a say in the laws

Question 22

Why did France and Spain agree to help the Patriots after the Battle of Saratoga?

Accepted Answer

they disliked Britain and enjoyed watching them lose, it showed that the Patriots could win the war

Question 23

Who trained to American troops quickly and turned them into a fierce fighting force?

Accepted Answer

Baron Friedrich von Steuben

Question 24

Which of the following are paid soldiers who have no true loyalty to that country?

Accepted Answer

mercenaries

Question 25

Which group wanted to remain a part of Britain?

Accepted Answer

Loyalists

Question 26

The turning point of the War because it convinced France and Spain to join the Patriots

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Saratoga

Question 27

This person was the leader of the Continental Army.

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 28

Which style of fighting is described as surprise hit-and-run attacks?

Accepted Answer

guerilla warfare

Question 29

This person wrote Common Sense in plain language to convince others to fight for freedom.

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 30

Who was considered a pirate, but led the Navy to defeat over 200 British ships?

Accepted Answer

John Paul Jones

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