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American Revolution
Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the event where British soldiers fired on an American crowd? | Boston Massacre |
| The famous image of the Boston Massacre was used as- | Propaganda |
| What was the tax on paint, tea, lead, and glass? | Townshend Act |
| What was the name of the law that let British soldiers live in American homes for free? | Quartering Act |
| After the French and Indian war the king was in what? | Debt |
| What did the king create that said natives could not move west? | Proclamation of 1763 |
| What was the name of the secret political group that often planned protests against taxes and England? | Sons of Liberty |
| What do you call an American who wanted to break free from England? | Patriot |
| What do you call an American who wanted to stay loyal to England? | Loyalist |
| What laws were passed as punishment for the Boston Tea Party? | Intolerable Acts |
| Who was the African American who died at the Boston Massacre? | Crispus Attucks |
| Who was the lawyer for the soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre? | John Adams |
| What battle was the turning point of the American Revolution? | Saratoga |
| Where did the Americans spend the winter that almost killed the army but eventually made them stronger? | Valley Forge |
| What document did Thomas Paine write that inspired Americans to keep fighting? | Common Sense |
| Who was the general of the Continental Army? | George Washington |
| Who was the famous Revolutionary leader who said "Give me liberty or give me death"? | Patrick Henry |
| What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War? | Yorktown |
| What document ended the Revolutionary War, identified the US as an independent country, and gave the US control of the Ohio River Valley? | Treaty of Paris |
| Who was the female write during the Revolution who wrote political essays and the first history of the US? | Mercy Otis Warren |
| Who was the important spy that helped set up the battle of Yorktown? | James Armistead |
| Who was the first naval hero for America 'I have not yet begun to fight"? | John Paul Jones |
| Who was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence? | John Hancock |
| Who was the leader of the Patriot Group the Sons of LIberty? | Samuel Adams |
| Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| What document was the break-up letter to the king that talked about the idea of unalienable or natural rights? | Declaration of Independence |
| What was the document that First Continental Congress created that gave the king one last chance to fix his relationship with America? | Olive Branch Petition |
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