American Revolution

Question 1

Which battle began with the..."Shot heard round the world"?

Accepted Answer

Lexington

Question 2

Where was the Battle of Bunker hill fought?

Accepted Answer

Breeds Hill

Question 3

Which one of the following was not one of the "Intolerable Acts"?

Accepted Answer

King George III started taxing coffee too.

Question 4

Why was Ben Franklin put on trial in England?

Accepted Answer

Instigating the Boston Tea Party

Question 5

What was the medium for communicating information to Paul Revere from the Old North Church?

Accepted Answer

lanterns

Question 6

Who was the President of the Second Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

John Hancock

Question 7

"The Shot Heard around the world," represents which event?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Question 8

Fort Ticonderoga was captured by the......

Accepted Answer

Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen

Question 9

What was a Tory?

Accepted Answer

Colonist who defend Parliment

Question 10

Where did the Revolutionary War start?

Accepted Answer

Lexington

Question 11

Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

Accepted Answer

Sam Adams

Question 12

Where is Bunker Hill Monument located?

Accepted Answer

Breed's Hill

Question 13

Who shot the first shot of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

No one knows

Question 14

Who is Phillis Wheatley?

Accepted Answer

A poet

Question 15

What was offered to slaves who would fight for the British?

Accepted Answer

freedom

Question 16

Who reached Concord in time to warn the militia that the "British are coming!"?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Prescott

Question 17

Sons of Liberty are accused of sedition. What does sedition mean?

Accepted Answer

conduct or speech inciting people to rebel

Question 18

Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death?"

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 19

Where did the Second Continental Congress meet?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 20

Where did the Continental Congress meet?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 21

Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 22

Who else rode with Paul Revere to warn that "the Regulars were coming"?

Accepted Answer

William Dawes

Question 23

Who shot the first shot of the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

No one knows

Question 24

In May 1775 who was named the Commander of the army after the Second Continental Congress?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 25

What southern colony first voted to form a militia in case they needed to help fight?

Accepted Answer

Virginia

Question 26

Why were the colonists so upset about the tax on tea?

Accepted Answer

They had no representation in Parliment.

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