CCMS American Revolution

Question 1

What was the battle that is considered the turning point of the war?

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 2

What battle is considered the turning point in the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 3

The final battle of the Revolutionary War was the battle of ____________________

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 4

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 5

What was the formal treaty that ended the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 6

The Commander of the Colonial Army was_______________

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 7

Who was the author of Common Sense?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Paine

Question 8

What was the group that led protests against the British?

Accepted Answer

Sons of Liberty

Question 9

England hired mercenaries to help fight the Continental Army called______________

Accepted Answer

Hessians

Question 10

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 11

The Continental Army saw many victories in the first year (1776) of the Revolutionary War

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

George Washington's war experience came from what war?

Accepted Answer

French/Indian War

Question 13

What did the Declaration of Independence actually do?

Accepted Answer

Declared Independence for America from England

Question 14

What is considered the first battle of the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Lexington/Concord

Question 15

What year was the Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

1783

Question 16

What was the piece of land that the French/Indian War was fought over?

Accepted Answer

Ohio River Valley

Question 17

What was the name of the pamphlet that encouraged independence?

Accepted Answer

Common Sense

Question 18

What was the American advantage during the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

The knew the land better which allowed for a defensive fight

Question 19

What is/are an outcome (s) of the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

all are outcomes

Question 20

The Revolutionary War was indirectly caused by________________

Accepted Answer

The French/Indian War

Question 21

At which event was the Declaration of Independence written?

Accepted Answer

2nd Continental Congress

Question 22

Not allowing the colonist to settle west of the Appalachian Mtns. was part of the______________

Accepted Answer

Proclamation of 1763

Question 23

Who fought in the French/Indian War?

Accepted Answer

French and Indians vs. the British

Question 24

Which country supported the American colonies during the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 25

General Cornwallace surrendered at _____________ ending the Revolutionary War

Accepted Answer

Yorktown

Question 26

The Declaration of Independence was written during the________________

Accepted Answer

2nd Continental Congress

Question 27

The British started to tax the colonist because

Accepted Answer

Britain was in extreme debt from the French/Indian War

Question 28

The winter spent at Valley Forge in 1777 killed 2000 and almost cost the Americans the war.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

George Washington led the attack on ____________ on Christmas day 1776

Accepted Answer

Trenton

Question 30

America's first propaganda poster depicted what event?

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

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