American Revolution Test Prep

Battles

100

The battle that was fought after General George Washington crossed the Delaware River.

A. Battle of Saratoga

B. Battle of Yorktown

C. Battle of Trenton

D. Battle of Bunker Hill

What is the Battle of Trenton?

200

This battle was fought on a hill so that the Patriots could be in cannon distance (close enough so their cannons could cause damage)  to their enemy.

A. Battle of Bunker Hill

B. Battle of Lexington and Concord

C. Battle of Trenton

D. Battle of Saratoga

A. What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?

300

This was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.

A. Battle of Trenton

B. Battle of Yorktown

C. Battle of Saratoga

D. Battle of Lexington and Concord

B. What is the Battle of Yorktown?

400

This battle was considered a turning point in the war.

A. Battle of Yorktown

B. Battle of Saratoga

C. Battle of Lexington and Concord

D. Battle of Bunker Hill

B. What is the Battle of Saratoga?

500

This battle marked the start of the Revolutionary War.

A. Battle of Bunker Hill

B. Battle of Trenton

C. Battle of Lexington and Concord

D. Battle of Yorktown

C. What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

People

100

Known as a traitor  to American after becoming a spy.

A. Lord North

B. Benedict Arnold

C. Thomas Paine

D. Charles Cornwallis

Who is Benedict Arnold?

200

Was killed at the Boston Massacre.Cr

A. John Hancock

B. Samuel Adams

C. Crispus Attucks

D. Charles Cornwallis

Who was Crispus Attucks?

300

Rode on the Midnight Ride to warn the Patriots.

A. Paul Revere

B. Benedict Arnold

C. George Washington

D. John Adams

Who was Paul Revere?

400

The 2nd President of the United States.

A. John Adams

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. Benjamin Franklin

D. John Hancock

A. John Adams

500

Was a printer, writer, inventor, scientist, and publisher.

A. George Washington

B. Thomas Jefferson

C. John Adams

D. Benjamin Franklin

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

Causes

100

This war was the one of the reasons King George III and British Parliament started to tax the colonists.

What was the French and Indian War?

200

Three of the items taxed under the Townsend Acts.

Which were tea, glass, lead, paints, and paper?

300

The Sons of Liberty dressed as these to disguise themselves when they threw tea into the Boston Harbor.

What are Mohawk Indians?

400

The number of colonists killed by British soldiers at the Boston Massacre.

What is five?

500

"No taxation without ______________" was a rallying cry to inspire the Colonists to demand independence.

What is "representation"?

More People

100

Helped train soldiers during the winter at Valley Forge.

A. Lord North

B. Charles Cornwallis

C. Thomas Paine

D. Baron von Steuben

Who was Baron von Steuben?

200

Wrote a pamphlet called "Common Sense".

A. George Washington

B. Thomas Paine

C. Benjamin Franklin

D. John Hancock

Who was Thomas Paine?

300

He surrendered with his troops at the Battle of Yorktown.

A. Lord North

B. King George III

C. Baron von Steuben

D. Charles Cornwallis

Who was Charles Cornwallis?

400

Wrote the Declaration of Independence.

A. John Adams

B. George Washington

C. Thomas Jefferson

D. John Hancock

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

500

Leader of the Continental Army.

A. Lord North

B. George Washington

C. Patrick Henry

D. Paul Revere

Who was George Washington?

Potpourri

100

Said the famous phrase, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Who was Patrick Henry?

200

A famous "tea party" was held in this colonial harbor.

What was Boston?

300

The Declaration of Independence stated that all men have the right to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of __________.

What is happiness?

400

The Declaration of Independence stated that all men were created equal, yet this custom/practice was continued in the United States until the 1860's.

What is slavery?

500

He was the first signer, and had the biggest signature, on the Declaration of Independence.

Who was John Hancock?