AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Important Events

100

The answer is " The Boston Tea Party"

What was the event when the colonists threw tea down the harbor and into the ocean?

200

The answer is " The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"

What was the event when Paul Revere road on Brown Beauty to warn the Patriots the Regulars are coming?

300

The answer is " The Winter at Valley Forge"

What was the event when general George Washington( Who later became the first president of the United States.) led his troops to Valley Forge and spent the winter there?( More than 2000 troops died by lack of food, coldness, and disease at Valley Forge while spending the winter there.)

400

The answer is " The Boston Massacre"

What was the event when the colonists attacked the British Soldiers but ended up having 8 of them killed and a lot of them wounded? ( Do you know that the Boston Massacre is actually not a massacre?)

500

The answer is " The meeting in the first Continental Congress."

What was the event when the 12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates to a meeting the first Continental Congress?

Important People

100

The answer is" George Washington"

Who was the person that served the Continental Army and later became our very first president?

200

The answer is " Benjamin Franklin"

Who was the person that discovered electricity, the father of a loyalist, and convinced the France to help the colonists?

300

The answer is " John Adams"

Who was the person that helped make the Declaration of Independence and the second president of the United States?

400

The answer is " Thomas Jefferson"

Who was the person that was one of the founding fathers and wrote the Declaration of Independence and our third president?

500

The answer is " William Dawes"

Who was the person that lit the lanterns and helped Paul Revere on his midnight ride?

Important Battles

100

The answer is " The Battle of Lexington and Concord

What was the battle when the colonists started fighting the British and also the battle when " The shot Heard Around the World" and when the Revolutionary War started?

200

The answer is " The Battle of Bunker Hill"

What was the battle when the Patriots built a fort over night, and the British had suffered a lot of losses and won but trapped in Boston by the Patriots?

300

The answer is" The Battle of Trenton"

What was the battle when general George Washington led his troops across the Delaware River and launched a major attack on the Hessians and captured more than 1000 Hessians?

400

The answer is " The Battle of Saratoga"

What was the battle when General Burgoyne tried to lead an attack on the colonists, the Patriots are prepared to defend their land. When they fought against each other at Bemis Height, the Patriots surrounded them and General Burgoyne and his troops surrendered?

500

The answer is " The Battle of Yorktown"

What was the battle when the Patriots and their French allies gone and attacked the British soldiers at Yorktown and when the British surrendered, there is still a little bit more wars but the last major battle was fought and the British most likely after that war?

Important Documents

100

The answer is " The Constitution"

What was the most important document of all times and the document that protects the rights of people and creating the three branches?

200

The answer is " The Declaration of independence"

What was the document that officially declared independence from Great Britain and described the bad things that King George III has done to the colonists?

300

The answer is " The Common Sense"

What was the document written by Thomas Paine that encouraged the colonists to keep fighting?

400

The answer is "The Treaty of Paris"

What was the treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War?

500

The answer is The Articles of Confederation"

What was the first constitution of the United States and had to be replaced by another constitution called the Constitution?

Important Quotes

100

The answer is " GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!

What was the quote that Patrick Henry said that brought the United States into action ready to fight?

200

The answer is " ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PERSUITOF HAPPINESS"

What was the quote that Thomas Jefferson wrote in the " Declaration of Independence" to assure that all men are equal?

300

The answer is " WE MUST ALL HANG TOGETHER OR ASURREDLY WE SHALL ALL HANG SEPERATELY."

What was the quote that Benjamin Franklin wrote when he is signing the " Declaration of Independence"?

400

The answer is " I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT!"

What was the quote that John Pauls John said when his ship was sinking?

500

The answer is " I ONLY REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE FOR MY COUNTRY."

What was the quote that Nathan Hale, a fellow patriot, said when he was about to be hung?