Duplicate of American Revolution

Question 1

What Spanish governor captured British strongholds on the Mississippi River and West Florida?

Accepted Answer

Bernardo Galvez

Question 2

Which was an effect of this Tax?

Accepted Answer

Many colonists opposed Stamp Act

Question 3

Who was the Jewish businessman who helped finance the Revolution through loans to the gov't?

Accepted Answer

Haym Solomon

Question 4

Which battles started the Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Concord, Lexington

Question 5

Who was the African American slave that spied on British troop movements during Revolution?

Accepted Answer

James Armistead

Question 6

Who warned the colonist the "British were coming" ...

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

Question 7

Who was our most famous Revolutionary naval commander?

Accepted Answer

John Paul Jones

Question 8

John Locke's social contract influenced _______ to write the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

Thomas Jefferson

Question 9

This freezing Pennsylvania winter killed a quarter of Washington's army

Accepted Answer

Valley Forge

Question 10

This battle was the turning point of the war and won the support of France and later Spain

Accepted Answer

Saratoga

Question 11

Who served in Washington's army and secured 6,000 French troops for the war?

Accepted Answer

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 12

What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write that served as propaganda?

Accepted Answer

Common Sense

Question 13

Who commanded the Continental Army during the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

George Washinton

Questions 13