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1
What colony was George Washington from?
Virginia
Georgia
Massachusetts
North Carolina
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What was the name of the meeting between representatives of 12 of the 13 colonies in 1774?
Colonial Congress
The Big twelve
First Continental Congress
American Parliament
3
What name was given to the first political assembly that contained members from each colony?
Mayflower Compact
Continental Congress
Virginia House of Burgesses
Fundamental Order of Connecticut
4
What event took place on March 5, 1770 in Boston?
The Boston Massacre
Treaty of Paris
The Boston Tea Party
Battle of Lexington and Concord
5
What was the name of the treaty that officially brought an end to the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Velasco
6
Who was the English king during the American Revolution?
King George III
King George Washington
King John Adams
King John Hancock
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What colony was John Adams from
Virginia
South Carolina
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
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Who was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
John Adams
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Where did the first battle of the Revolutionary War take place?
Saratoga
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
10
Where was the last battle of the Revolutionary War fought?
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
11
Who is credited as being the author of the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
12
What British law taxed the colonists for paper products such as newspaper and playing cards?
The Stamp Act
The Sugar Act
The Townsend Act
The Tea Act
13
What did patriots in Boston dump into the harbor in a 1773 protest?
Tea
English money
Chest of gold
Wool
14
What did colonists call the Coercive Acts?
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Acts
Townsend Acts
Quartering Acts
15
On what date was the Declaration of Independence approved by the Continental Congress?
August 20, 1607
June 10, 1803
December 24, 1783
July 4, 1776
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What was the name given to colonists who supported the British during the American Revolution?
Loyalists
Patriots
Virginian
Mohawks
17
Who represented the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre trial?
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
John Hancock
George Washington
18
What important patriot victory caused the French to side with the Americans in the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Yorktown
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What group formed in Boston in 1765 to protest British taxes and laws?
Boys of Boston
Knights of Templar
Sons of liberty
Freemasons
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At which battle did the patriots lose but still prove they could fight a war
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga