Years
When was the Second Continental Congress?
1775
After losing the city of Philadelphia, where did General Washington's army spend the winter?
Valley Forge
Who preached the most famous sermon in American history?
Jonathan Edwards
Who was the most powerful voice of the Great Awakening?
George Whitefield
What is the full date for the adoption of the Declaration of Independence?
July 4, 1776
When was the First Continental Congress?
1774
What nation received the colony of Florida in the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
Spain
Who was the first black female writer in America?
Phillis Wheatley
Who was a missionary to the Native Americans?
David Brainerd
Which act was considered to be one of the Intolerable Acts although it was not one of the Coercive Acts?
Quebec Act
When was the Treaty of Paris signed?
1783
Which country lost most of her American territory in the Treaty of Paris of 1763 and aided the Patriot cause during the War for Independence?
France
Who was known as the Swamp Fox?
Francis Marion
After the uprising of the Ottawa chief, the colonists lost much of their confidence in the British army?
Pontiac
What denomination was founded by John and Charles Wesley?
Methodist
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
1781
What town did Washington capture from the Hessians on Christmas night in 1776?
Trenton
Who was the French general at the Battle of Yorktown?
Comte de Rochambeau
Who was the Patriot commander at the Battle of Saratoga?
Horatio Gates
Who was a British statesman from Ireland that defended the American colonies?
Edmund Burke
When was the Stamp Act Congress?
1765
What French fort repelled a British attack under George Washington?
Fort Duquesne
Who agreed to surrender West Point to the British in exchange for a large sum of money?
Benedict Arnold
Who was a Jewish financier of the Patriot cause?
Haym Salomon
The Declaration of Independence was influenced by William Blackstone's definition of the law of nature in what four-volume work?
Commentaries on the Laws of England