The American Revolution

Which Daughter of Liberty was a blacksmith, and built cannons for Washington?

What philosopher believed that government should protect rights to life, liberty, and property?

What Act taxed molasses and brought smugglers to trial?

True or False: Sam Adams turned coat and fought for the British in the Revolutionary War.

What group of colonists were most outspoken against slavery?

True or False: John Adams was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.

What man was the leader of the Vermont militia named the Green Mountain Boys?

What frontiersman led settlers through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky?

What man was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

What Act placed a tax on anything printed?

What man wrote the Declaration of Independence?

In what document did the colonists believe promised them "No Taxation Without Representation?"

True or False: More Indians supported the British than the French in the French and Indian War.

What was the first battle of the Revolution?

The letter to King George declaring loyalty if the  Intolerable acts were repealed was called:

In what battle did the Patriots destroy German mercenaries that King George sent to fight them?

A time period that is considered a revolution in thinking in Europe is called:

What defeat for Washington was his worst, with over 1400 Americans killed?

Who was the author of the "Join or Die" political cartoon titled "The Albany Plan of Union?"

What was the first battle that involved African American patriots?

How many African Americans served in the Continental Army?

True or False: The Daughters of Liberty supported patriots by becoming nurses.

Where was Washington's first battle as a British officer?

What allowed British to search colonial ships without a warrant?

What document drew an imaginary line at the Appalachian Mtns. that colonists could not pass?

What patriot captured the powerful British ship the Serapis?

True or False: Benedict Arnold turned coat on America because he was jealous of Washington.

True or False: John Adams went to France to request their help in the Revolution.

What group appointed Washington Commander of the Continental Army?

How did colonists react to the end of the French and Indian War?

True or False: France refused to help colonists defeat the British.

What was the main goal of African Americans fighting in the Revolution?

In what battle did both men AND women colonists fight the British?

What group of patriots defeated the British at Ticonderoga and Saratoga?

True or False: Betsy Ross was not only a seamstress, but also a spy.

True or False: In the Boston Massacre over 100 colonists were killed by Redcoats.

What act made it mandatory that colonists house troops?

What battle was a smashing victory for the Green Mountain Boys, gaining cannons for Washington?

How many African Americans were in the American colonies by 1776?

What patriot woman was a blacksmith who made weapons for the Continental Army?

What colonial leader defended the British Boston Massacre shooters?

What Colonial general back-stabbed America, turned coat,  and sold out to the British?

What city was the center of Revolution activity before, and early in the war?

What patriot spy said "I regret I have but one life to give for my country" before being hanged

What British Act placed taxes on glass, paint, paper, lead, and tea?

Who was the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence?

Where did colonist have weapons stored before the Revolution?

What original Sons of Liberty member was upset he was not picked to lead the Continental Army?

What was the name for colonists who remained loyal to the British king?

What British law, written in 1651, regulated colonial trade? 

What patriot rode to warn colonists "The Regulars are coming?"

Control of what territory was the reason for the French and Indian War?

What strategy, used by the French and Indians, was adopted by Washington against the British?

What Patriot is famous for his speech that included "Give me liberty, or give me death?"

What was the name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?

What enlightenment thinker believed that people needed a Social Contract to avoid destruction?

What man was plagiarized by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence?

What was Washington's first job in the British army?

What battle turned the tide in the Revolution, and proved America could win without Washington?

What patriot called the King a "Royal Brute" in his publication Common Sense?