• 1. 
    Which of these events was the first military engagement of the Revolutionary War?

  • Boston Massacre
  • Boston Tea Party
  • Battles of Lexington & Concord
  • Battle of Bunker Hill
  • 2. 
    Which battle in 1775, although a defeat for Patriot forces, demonstrated that Patriots could fight under fire from the British army during the Revolutionary War?

  • Battles of Yorktown
  • Battle of Bunker Hill
  • Battle of Saratoga
  • Battle of Trenton
  • 3. 
    Which Patriot general eventually became a traitor and offered to surrender West Point to the British during the Revolutionary War?

  • “Light Horse” Harry Lee
  • Nathan Hale
  • Benedict Arnold
  • “Mad” Anthony Wayne
  • 4. 
    Which foreign officer helped improve the training and discipline of continental troops during the Revolutionary War?

  • Marquis de Lafayette
  • Tadeusz Kosciuszko
  • Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
  • Casimir Pulaski
  • 5. 
    Which 1775 engagement resulted in the Green Mountain Boys capturing heavy British artillery that would later be used against the Redcoats during the Revolutionary War?

  • Battle of Bunker Hill
  • Fort Ticonderoga
  • Battle of Saratoga
  • Battle of Trenton
  • 6. 
    The British army hired large numbers of foreign mercenaries to help defeat the Patriot cause during the Revolutionary War. What were German troops fighting on the British side called?

  • Genoese
  • Hessians
  • Catalonians
  • Cossacks
  • 7. 
    Which battle in 1776 was a Patriot victory that involved a surprise attack on mercenaries employed by the British and raised morale within the Continental army during the Revolutionary War?

  • Battle of Bunker Hill
  • Battle of Fort Washington
  • Battle of Saratoga
  • Battle of Trenton
  • 8. 
    Which battle in 1777 was a Continental victory that finally convinced the French to support the Patriot cause during the Revolutionary War?

  • Battle of Saratoga
  • Battle of Lexington & Concord
  • Battle of Bunker Hill
  • Battle of Trenton
  • 9. 
    The British held which city in Georgia between 1779 and 1782?

  • Savannah
  • Atlanta
  • Augusta
  • Macon
  • 10. 
    The story of Molly Pitcher is associated with what Revolutionary War battle in 1778?

  • Battle of Brandywine
  • Battle of Cowpens
  • Battle of Bunker Hill
  • Battle of Monmouth
  • 11. 
    Which massacre occurred during the Revolutionary War in 1782 and involved the slaughter of more than 90 “praying” Indians in Ohio?

  • Gnadenhutten
  • Sand Creek
  • Mystic River
  • Wounded Knee
  • 12. 
    Which event in Kentucky in 1782 was one of the last engagements of the Revolutionary War and led to the death of Daniel Boone’s son, Israel?

  • Siege of Boonesborough
  • Siege of Fort Vincennes
  • Battle of Blue Licks
  • Fort Ticonderoga
  • 13. 
    Which engagement in 1779 by George Rogers Clark led to the capture of a British garrison in territory that would become Indiana?

  • Battle of Blue Licks
  • Siege of Bryan Station
  • Siege of Vincennes
  • Siege of Boonesborough
  • 14. 
    Which battle in 1775 was a decisive defeat in the American attempt to invade Canada during the Revolutionary War?

  • Battle of Quebec
  • Battle of Montreal
  • Battle of Toronto
  • Battle of Ottawa
  • 15. 
    Which engagement in 1779 was the worst naval defeat for American forces until Pearl Harbor in 1941?

  • Penobscot Expedition
  • Battle of Nassau
  • Battle of the Chesapeake
  • Battle of Cape Breton
  • 16. 
    Which naval engagement in 1781 ensured Cornwallis and the British troops at Yorktown were trapped?

  • Battle of Nassau
  • Battle of Cape Breton
  • Penobscot Expedition
  • Battle of the Chesapeake
  • 17. 
    Which battle in 1781 was a turning point in the Patriot attempt to recapture South Carolina during the Revolutionary War?

  • Battle of Stono Ferry
  • Siege of Charleston
  • Battle of Cowpens
  • Battle of Waxhaws
  • 18. 
    Which battle in 1780 was a decisive defeat for the Patriot cause and prevented General Horatio Gates from ever again leading troops in the field?

  • Battle of Guilford Court House
  • Battle of Yorktown
  • Battle of Cowpens
  • Battle of Camden
  • 19. 
    Which battle in 1780 caused British officer Banastre Tarleton to earn the nickname “Bloody Ban” because many Patriots where killed while trying to surrender?

  • Battle of Guilford Court House
  • Battle of Kings Mountain
  • Battle of Cowpens
  • Battle of Waxhaws
  • 20. 
    At which battle in 1780 did Patriot forces take revenge for previous atrocities by shooting Loyalist militiamen who were trying to surrender?

  • Battle of Waxhaws
  • Battle of Cowpens
  • Battle of Guilford Court House
  • Battle of Kings Mountain
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