The American Revolution

Question 1

Thomas Jefferson, president of the Congress, was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

Colonists who supported independence were called ___, while those who remained loyal to Britain were called ____.

Accepted Answer

Patriots, Loyalists

Question 3

On September 3, 1783, Britain finally agreed that:

Accepted Answer

The U.S. was a free and independent nation., Debts would be repaid, Captured slaves would be returned., Americans could fish the waters of British Canada.

Question 4

It was “The shot heard around the world,” which started the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the American Revolution.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

The Redcoats saw that defeat in Boston was inevitable. On March 17, 1776, the British retreated, fleeing north.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Colonel William Prescott set up the Massachusetts militias on Bunker Hill and Breed’s Hill, across the harbor from __.

Accepted Answer

Boston

Question 7

The local militia, called ______, heard Revere and grabbed their weapons.

Accepted Answer

Minutemen

Question 8

It took 2 years to finish negotiating the 1783 Treaty of Paris.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

The Colonists killed almost 100 Redcoats, using the bright red jackets as targets.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 10

Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, was nicknamed Molly Pitcher because she brought pitchers of water to the soldiers.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Both sides were ordered not to fire unless fired upon, and to this day no one knows who shot first.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

On July 5, the Second Continental Congress sent King George III one last shot at peace, the ____ Petition.

Accepted Answer

Olive Branch

Question 13

Paul Revere asked a man named Robert Newman to keep watch from the steeple in the Old North Church in Boston.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

A lot of free African Americans served in the army

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Since King George III continued to ignore the Declaration of Rights, a Second Continental Congress met on May 10, 1775

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

The Second Continental Congress formed the Continental Army with the Virginian ____ as its commander.

Accepted Answer

George Washington

Question 17

Colonies sent representatives to meet in __ in September of 1774 to figure out how to respond to the Intolerable Acts.

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 18

By the end of the war, every state except ____ included African Americans in their troops.

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 19

In January 1776, Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet arguing for democracy and independence titled ____.

Accepted Answer

Common Sense

Question 20

Debate was about how to best oppose British policy or negotiate with Parliament.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Congress created a committee that included ____ to draft a Declaration of Independence.

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 22

Newman was told to light one lantern if the British troops were coming by sea, and two by land.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

_____ was most famous for turning traitor and selling information to the British army.

Accepted Answer

Benedict Arnold

Question 24

The Declaration of Independence has four parts

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Jefferson wrote it within ___ weeks, drawing on the ideas of John Locke.

Accepted Answer

Two

Question 26

Congress today is the legislative branch of the U.S. government. But back then, congress was just a fancy word for a __.

Accepted Answer

Meeting

Question 27

British quickly defeated the outnumbered minutemen, killing _____ of them, and marched on to Concord.

Accepted Answer

Eight

Question 28

Most Native Americans didn’t take sides in the Revolutionary War, but the majority of those who fought supported the ___

Accepted Answer

British

Question 29

King George III rejected the petition and instead hired _____ German “Hessian” troops to fight with the British.

Accepted Answer

30,000

Question 30

When they met in September of 1774 to figure out how to respond, this was the ___ Continental Congress.

Accepted Answer

First

Question 31

The Congress agreed to recommend that property taken from Loyalists not be returned

Accepted Answer

False

Question 32

on July 4, 1775 the delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

False

Question 33

Prescott ordered them not to fire at the Redcoats until they could see “the ___ of their eyes.”

Accepted Answer

Whites

Question 34

______ told the Second Virginia Convention in 1775, “Give me liberty or give me death” - that argued on the side of war

Accepted Answer

Patrick Henry

Question 35

On June 17, 1775, over three thousand Redcoats marched up the hill.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 36

King George III repealed the Intolerable Acts pulled troops from Boston.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 37

The First Rhode Island Regiment consisted of 240 African Americans out of 225 soldiers.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 38

_____ was the only colony that didn’t send representatives to the First Continental Congress.

Accepted Answer

Georgia

Question 39

“Prosperity” became “the pursuit of happiness” in one of the most famous lines of the Declaration of Independence.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 40

“The ______,” secret code words to warn the colonists that the British were coming.

Accepted Answer

Regulars are coming out

The American Revolution

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The American Revolution

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