Battles
Which battle featured Washington crossing the Delaware?
What is the Battle of Trenton?
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Which act taxed printed materials?
What is the Stamp Act?
Which country officially allied with America in 1778?
What is France?
What date is Independence Day?
What is July 4th
Which battle led to the capture of Philadelphia?
What is the Battle of Brandywine?
Who commanded the Continental Army?
Who is George Washington?
What was the colonists’ slogan against taxation without representation?
“No taxation without representation.”
Which American victory helped convince France to ally with America?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
What document declared independence from Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence
Which battle ended with British General Burgoyne surrendering?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Who was the British king during the Revolution?
Who is King George III?
Which 1773 protest involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
In what year did Spain declare war on Britain?
1779.
What 1783 treaty ended the war?
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Which battle saw Patriot militia defeat Loyalist forces in 1780?
What is the Battle of King’s Mountain?
What is the name of the general whose aura in Philadelphia helped cost the British the Battle of Saratoga?
Who is William Howe
What laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party?
What are the Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)?
How did the French navy help at Yorktown?
It blocked British escape and reinforcements by sea.
What year did the Revolutionary War begin?
What is 1775?
At which siege did Cornwallis surrender in 1781?
What is the Siege of Yorktown?
What is the name of the leader who got distracted by his huzz, costing the Hessians the Battle of Trenton
Who is Carl Von Donop
Why did Britain begin taxing the colonies more heavily after 1763?
Britain had war debts from the French and Indian War and sought colonial revenue.
Why did Spain fight Britain during the Revolution?
Spain wanted to weaken Britain and recover territory.
Who benefited from American independence, and who continued to face inequality?
White colonists gained independence, but enslaved people remained enslaved in much of the country, women lacked equal political rights, and Native Americans faced loss of land.