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American revolution
Test on Thursday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which group were wealthy older merchants | Loyalist |
| Which groups were land owners | Loyalist |
| Which battle did british learn that the colonist were storing gunpowder and cannons | Battle of Lexington and Concord |
| leader of continental army | George Washington |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote The Declaration Of Independance |
| Second President of The United States | John Adams |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote The Pamphlet called " Common Sense " |
| Battle of bunker hill | Militia leaders chose to build a fort on bunker hill and the hill gave them advantages. |
| Battle of Yorktown | The French Navy blocked Yorktown harbor |
| Declaration of independance | To explain to foreign nations why the colonies want to seperate from britain |
| First Signer Of The Declaration of independance | John Hancock |
| Paul Revere | Rode on the midnight ride to warn the patriots |
| King George the third | King of England during the Revolutionary war |
| Benjamin Franklin | a printer, writer, inventor, scientist, and publisher |
| Patrick Henry | Wrote an angry speech against the stamp act |
| Samuel Adams | Leader of the Sons of Liberty |
| Lord Dunmore | a loyalist governor of Virginia |
| Mercy otis Warren | a patriot writer that wrote plays and poems supporting independence |
| which side shot the first shot of the battle of Lexington and concord | no one knows |
| In concord the british made british retreat back to Boston | |
| what two patriots rode on horseback | paul revere |
| Patriot | Highly educated and wealthy farmers |