Morgan Everett Chapter 7: The American Revolution

Question 1

This group met in 1774 to discuss how to deal with the British. They did NOT want independence.

Accepted Answer

The First Continental Congress

Question 2

Who won the Battle of Lexington?

Accepted Answer

The British

Question 3

This document ended the American Revolution:

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Paris

Question 4

How did King George III respond to the Olive Branch Petition?

Accepted Answer

He rejected it.

Question 5

At the Battle of _________. Americans tried to take back Boston.

Accepted Answer

Bunker Hill

Question 6

This British officer was executed when the Americans caught him spying with Benedict Arnold:

Accepted Answer

John Andre

Question 7

Who won the Battle of Concord?

Accepted Answer

The Colonists

Question 8

"All men are created with certain unalienable _________."

Accepted Answer

Rights

Question 9

The First Continental Congress told the colonies to __________.

Accepted Answer

boycott British goods & prepare minutemen to fight

Question 10

What was in Lexington that the Americans were trying to hide?

Accepted Answer

Guns and weapons belonging to the Continental Army

Question 11

These are people in America who believed in independence:

Accepted Answer

Patriots

Question 12

The Second Continental Congress decided it was time to _________.

Accepted Answer

Declare independence

Question 13

This man wrote the Declaration of Independence, or the "ultimate break-up letter."

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

___________ was an American city held by the British that the Americans wanted back.

Accepted Answer

Boston

Question 15

America announced its independence on:

Accepted Answer

July 4th, 1776

Question 16

This woman was a loyalist and convinced her husband, Benedict Arnold, to betray America:

Accepted Answer

Peggy Shippen

Question 17

This is where General Washington's soldiers encamped for the winter and nearly froze to death:

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 18

This man defended the British soldiers from the Boston Massacre when they went to court:

Accepted Answer

John Adams

Question 19

Who fired the first shot at Lexington?

Accepted Answer

No one knows

Question 20

Paul Revere wanted to warn people the the British were going to attack at _______ & ________.

Accepted Answer

Lexington and Concord

Question 21

General Cornwallis lost this major battle:

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 22

At the Battle of Bunker Hill, the American commander said, "Don't fire 'till you see ________."

Accepted Answer

the whites of their eyes.

Question 23

These are people who remained loyal to Great Britain throughout the American Revolution:

Accepted Answer

Loyalists, Tories

Question 24

Paul Revere said __________________!

Accepted Answer

"The Redcoats are coming!!!!"

Question 25

This American general won several major battles before letting his wife convince him to spy

Accepted Answer

Benedict Arnold

Question 26

Which men were the British after at Lexington who would have been hanged for treason?

Accepted Answer

Samuel Adams and John Hancock

Question 27

When did the Second Continental Congress meet?

Accepted Answer

1775

Question 28

This man was credited with leading the Sons of Liberty and organizing the Boston Tea Party:

Accepted Answer

Samuel Adams

Question 29

Members of militias in America called themselves ____________.

Accepted Answer

Minutemen

Question 30

Who did the Second Continental Congress choose to lead the Continental Army?

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 31

On July 5, 1775, the Continental Congress send George III the _________ as a symbol of peace.

Accepted Answer

The Olive Branch Petition

Question 32

“Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?"

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 33

This Frenchman came to America at 19 and became George Washington's good friend:

Accepted Answer

The Marquis de Lafayette

Question 34

__________ wrote "Common Sense" which discussed why America needed independence.

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

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