Founding Documents
On what date was the Declaration of Independence officially adopted?
Answer: What is July 4, 1776?
What major economic restriction did the Prohibitory Act impose?
Answer: What is blocking all colonial trade with Britain?
Who preached Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?
Answer: Who is Jonathan Edwards?
Who led the Green Mountain Boys?
Answer: Who is Ethan Allen?
Colonists who supported independence were called what?
Answer: What are Patriots?
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
Answer: What was a final request to King George III for peace while declaring loyalty?
Which port was closed after the Boston Tea Party?
Answer: What is the port of Boston?
Which church was founded by John Wesley?
Answer: What is the Methodist Church?
What was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War?
Answer: What is Lexington and Concord?
"Shot heard ’round the world."
Answer: What is Lexington?
What commitment did the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms make?
Answer: What is the commitment to resist British aggression with force if necessary?
What act closed Boston’s port?
Answer: What is the Boston Port Bill?
Who was the most powerful voice of the Great Awakening?
Answer: Who is George Whitefield?
Where did the Second Continental Congress meet?
Answer: What is Philadelphia?
Why were Samuel and others known as Patriots/Whigs?
Answer: What is because they supported independence from Britain?
Who wrote Common Sense?
Answer: Who is Thomas Paine?
What event involved colonists throwing tea into the harbor?
Answer: What is the Boston Tea Party?
Name three colleges founded after the Great Awakening.
Answer: What are Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth? (Others include Rutgers)
Which country won the French and Indian War?
Answer: What is England?
Winter camp of 1777–1778.
Answer: What is Valley Forge?
Which document encouraged support for independence?
Answer: What is Common Sense?
Why was the conflict called the French and Indian War?
Answer: What is because France and Native American allies fought against Britain?
What was the greatest overall impact of the Great Awakening?
Answer: What is increased religious unity, revival, missionary outreach, and preparation for independence?
Patriot victory that ended the war.
Answer: What is Yorktown?
First major battle.
Answer: What is Bunker Hill?