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1
What bell symbolizes freedom and the signing of the Declaration of Independence?
Liberty Bell
Alexander Graham Bell
American Bell
Freedom Bell
2
Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army?
George Washington
Horatio Gates
Marquis de Lafayette
Charles Cornwallis
3
What were the Germans working for the British called?
Germans
Austrians
Hessians
Prussians
4
Who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
George Washington
John Hancock
King George III
Thomas Jefferson
5
What act placed a tax on paper goods?
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
Paper Act
6
What British General surrendered at Yorktown and in what year?
<p>Benedict Arnold,1773</p>
King George III, 1789
Washington, 1779
Cornwallis, 1781
7
Who said "Give me liberty or give me death!"?
Nathan Hale
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
John Adams
8
What year was the Treaty of Paris signed to end the American Revolution?
1738
1778
1783
1812
9
Who was the Prussian soldier who worked with the colonists at Valley Forge?
Benedict Arnold
Baron von Steuben
Marquis de Lafayette
Deborah Sampson
10
Colonists were angry that they did not have a representative in Britain's government called...?
Parliament
Senate
Congress
Sons of Liberty
11
What act required colonists to provide food, housing, and supplies to British Soldiers?
Quartering Act
Stamp Act
Housing Act
Intolerable Act
12
Where was the lowest point for the Continental Army and in what year(s)?
Lexington and Concord, 1775
Breed's Hill, 1775
Valley Forge,1777-1778
Battle of Saratoga, 1777
13
Who captured cannons at Fort Ticonderoga?
Ethan Allen
<p>Patrick Henry</p>
Nathan Hale
Lydia Darragh
14
What city had a massacre in 1770?
Philadelphia
London
Boston
NYC
15
Who disguised him/herself as his/her brother to join the Continental Army?
Lydia Darragh
Thomas Jefferson
Nathan Hale
Deborah Sampson
16
Who was commander of West Point and almost turned it over to the British?
Horatio Gates
Benedict Arnold
Ethan Allen
Charles Cornwallis
17
What ship did Long Island colonists dump tea overboard?
Ecuador
<p>London</p>
<p>Titanic</p>
Fultons Folly
18
Who lived across the street from the British Headquarters?
Lydia Darragh
Benedict Arnold
Deborah Sampson
King George III
19
Where is this quote from: "Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eyes."
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Long Island
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Breed's Hill (Bunker Hill)
20
What battle was fought on Christmas Eve 1776?
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of Long Island
21
In what year was the Boston Tea Party?
1775
1773
1776
1781
22
Who wrote the booklet
Common Sense
?
Patrick Henry
Benjamin Franklin
Benedict Arnold
Thomas Paine
23
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Samuel Adams
Thomas Jefferson
John Hancock
Ben Franklin
24
Who spied on the British while pretending to be a Dutch schoolmaster?
Nathan Hale
Ethan Allen
Patrick Henry
Deborah Sampson
25
What document made laws to unite the 13 colonies?
Stamp Act
Treaty of Paris
Declaration of Independence
Ratification of the Constitution
26
What Major General took home American soil to be buried in?
Marquis de Lafayette
Baron von Steuben
John Hancock
27
Where did one of Washington's greatest retreats occur?
Lexington and Concord
Battle of Breed's Hill
Battle of Long Island
Battle of Trenton
28
Who said: Now we must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we will all hang separately?
Nathan Hale
Paul Revere
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
29
What battle does this famous saying from: "The shot heard round the world."
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Battle of Breed's Hill
French and Indian War
30
Who was NOT a member of the the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
All of the above
Paul Revere
Ben Franklin
31
What general helped lead the colonists along with Benedict Arnold at the Battle of Saratoga?
Horatio Gates
George Washington
Ethan Allen
All of the above
32
What was NOT a cause of the American Revolution?
Valley Forge
Quartering Act
Boston Massacre
Stamp Act
33
Who didn't fight in the French and Indian Wars?
Spanish
French
American Indians
British
34
What land was fought over in The French Indian Wars?
Massachusetts
Delaware River Valley
Long Island
Ohio River Valley
35
Who warned colonists in Lexington,MA, that the British were coming?
Ethan Allen
Baron von Steuben
Nathan Hale
Paul Revere