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The American Revolution Quiz
1.
What American Revolutionary War general was called the Swamp Fox?
Francis Marion
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
William Gates
2.
Which of these figures in the American Revolution was not born on January 1?
George Washington
Anthony Wayne
Betsy Ross
Paul Revere
3.
What treaty ended the war of the American Revolution?
the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
the Treaty of Paris
the Camp David Accord
the Treaty of Versailles
4.
What was the first major American victory in the Revolutionary War?
the Battle of Long Island
the Battle of Cowpens
the Battle of Manassas
the Battle of Saratoga
5.
Which intellectual movement is associated with the American Revolution?
Dadaism
Neoplatonism
the Enlightenment
the Renaissance
6.
What animal appears on the Revolutionary War flag with the legend "Don’t tread on me"?
elk
salamander
snake
deer
7.
What are the leaders of the American Revolution called?
Founding Fathers
elders
fathers-in-law
Church Fathers
8.
Which of these was a figure in the American Revolution?
Henry Adams
Patrick Henry
Henry Thomas
Patrick McGoohan
9.
How many British colonies formed the United States of America?
13
19
10
15
10.
Which battles marked the beginning of the American Revolution?
Battles of Trenton and Princeton
Battles of Lexington and Concord
Battles of Kellogg’s Grove
Battles of Saratoga
11.
Which organization was formed in the American colonies to oppose the Stamp Act in 1765?
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of the American Revolution
Council for New England
Knights of the Golden Circle
12.
Which battle ended military operations in the American Revolution?
Battle of Trenton
Siege of Charleston
Battle of Cowpens
Siege of Yorktown
13.
Who was the commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
John Adams
14.
Which American military officer switched sides and fought for the British during the American Revolution, making his name an epithet for a traitor in the United States?
Edward Hand
John Laurens
Richard Montgomery
Benedict Arnold
15.
What was the name given to the American colonists who supported Great Britain during the American Revolution?
Royalists
Loyalists
Patriots
Anglicans
16.
Which document announced the separation of the 13 North American colonies from Great Britain?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Federalist Papers
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
17.
In which year was the Stamp Act, the first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice, issued?
1750
1812
1765
1800
18.
Where did the First Continental Congress take place?
Philadelphia
New York City
Richmond
Baltimore
19.
The Intolerable Acts enacted for colonial America were comprised of how many acts?
2
8
6
4
20.
What is another name for the American Revolution?
American Civil War
King William’s War
United States War of Independence
War of 1812
21.
Where was the historic Battle of Bunker Hill fought?
Nashua
Boston
Chicago
Portland
22.
Under Ethan Allen, which fort did the Green Mountain Boys capture in 1775?
Fort Duquesne
Fort Machault
Fort William Henry
Fort Ticonderoga
23.
Which American Revolution folk hero was immortalized in an epic poem by Longfellow that told of his famous midnight ride in 1775?
Ethan Allen
Paul Revere
William Dawes
Daniel Morgan
24.
Which organization was created by Benjamin Tallmadge for the Continental Army?
Culper Spy Ring
Priory of Sion
Office of Strategic Services
Plymouth Company
25.
Which American scout, wearing male clothing, was known as "Mad Ann" and served in the war as a messenger and spy?
Nancy Hart
Anne Bradstreet
Anna Harrison
Ann Bailey
26.
Which American war heroine is said to have saved General George Washington’s army from a British attack?
Lydia Barrington Darragh
Ann Bates
Sybil Ludington
Deborah Sampson
27.
Who was the secretary to the American commissioners in France and spied on them for the British?
Hercules Mulligan
Edward Bancroft
Abraham Woodhull
Austin Roe
28.
Which act, stating that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain, was passed after the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766?
Declaratory Act
Inclosure Act
Appropriation Act
Libel Act
29.
Which American Indian chief served as a British military officer during the American Revolution?
Handsome Lake
Joseph Brant
Tecumseh
Alexander McGillivray
30.
Who was the first person to sign the U.S. Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
Caesar Rodney,
Francis Lightfoot Lee
William Floyd
31.
Who was the British-American writer whose political pamphlet "Common Sense" influenced the American Revolution?
Mary Astell
Thomas Paine
Mary Wollstonecraft
Edmund Burke
32.
Who was the commander-in-chief of the British army in North America from 1776 to 1778?
William Howe
Henry Clinton
Charles Lee
Augustus Keppel
33.
During which session of the Continental Congress was the Continental Army organized?
First Continental Congress
Third Continental Congress
Fourth Continental Congress
Second Continental Congress
34.
Which incident took place at Boston Harbor in protest against the British for taxation without representation?
Suffolk Resolves
Boston Tea Party
The Siege of Boston
Boston campaign
35.
What did German officer Baron von Steuben teach American soldiers during the American revolution?
Ways to fight as a militia group.
Ways of guerrilla warfare.
Ways to fight as a disciplined fighting force.
Ways to loot a British armory.
36.
Which French general helped the American Revolution by defeating the British at Yorktown in 1781?
Jean-Baptiste-Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Marcellin Marbot
André Masséna
Jean Baptiste Kléber
37.
Who served for four years as an aide-de-camp to George Washington?
James Monroe
James Madison
John Jay
Alexander Hamilton
38.
When were the Articles of Confederation adopted by the Congress?
1781
1777
1789
1765
39.
Which convention was held in Philadelphia in 1787, presumably with the original goal of amending the Articles of Confederation?
Continental Congress
Seneca Falls Convention
Constitutional Convention
Annapolis Convention
40.
Which American Revolutionary officer was hanged in 1776 for spying on the British?
Francis Marion
Nathan Hale
Nathanael Greene
Thomas Hickey
41.
Which organization was formed in May 1783 by officers who had served in the American Revolution?
Society of the Cincinnati
Hartford Convention
Carlisle Commission
Continental Congress
42.
What is the name of the armed rebellion of 1786–87 that occurred in Massachusetts and was in response to the stringent economic conditions?
Fries' Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion
Shays's Rebellion
43.
Which American statesman is known as the "Penman of the Revolution"?
John Jay
Roger Sherman
John Dickinson
Frederick Douglass
44.
What was the name of the committees appointed by the legislature in the 13 British American colonies to provide colonial leadership and aid intercolonial cooperation?
Committees of Correspondence
Committees of the Whole House
Committees of Inspection
Committees of Safety
45.
During which incident in Massachusetts did British soldiers fire into a crowd, killing five people?
Gnadenhutten Massacre
Boston Massacre
Pyle's Massacre
Baylor Massacre
46.
Under which of the Intolerable Acts were the colonists required to house British soldiers?
Quartering Act
Administration of Justice Act
Boston Port Act
Quebec Act
47.
What is the name of the colonial militiamen known to be ready for military duty “at a minute’s warning”?
Ohio Company
Nauvoo Legion
Minutemen
Tryon County militia
48.
Where did General George Washington and his army spend the winter of 1777-1778?
Monticello
Fort Gaines
Valley Forge
Beacon Hill
49.
Which European nation provided significant military support to the Americans during the Revolutionary War?
Spain
France
Italy
Sweden
50.
Who wrote the book "A Summary View of the Rights of British America," published in 1774?
Olaudah Equiano
Thomas Jefferson
William Hill Brown
Phillis Wheatley
51.
In which year did the United States issue the Declaration of Independence?
1812
1776
1789
1861
52.
Which French general fought in the Continental Army with the American colonists against the British, and developed a surrogate father-son relationship with George Washington?
Marquis de Lafayette
Michel Ney
Louis Duportail
Baron von Steuben
53.
Which American naval officer, during an naval engagement with the British, said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"?
John Paul Jones
Thomas Read
John Hazelwood
Dudley Saltonstall
54.
Which American Revolution military leader is known for capturing Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes?
Elias Dayton
George Rogers Clark
Esek Hopkins
Simon Kenton
55.
Which leader of the Massachusetts “radicals” was against the taxing colonists by the British Parliament and also probably helped in the planning of the Boston Tea Party?
Crispus Attucks
Alexander Hamilton
Samuel Adams
James Otis Jr.
56.
Which British general was defeated by American forces in the Saratoga campaign of 1777?
Patrick Ferguson
Banastre Tarleton
John Burgoyne
Horatio Gates
57.
Who said the famous quote, “Give me liberty or give me death!”?
Edmund Randolph
Thomas Grenville
Patrick Henry
Timothy Pickering
58.
Who was the commander of the first French fleet sent to support the American colonists during the American Revolution?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Charles-Hector, count d'Estaing
Jean Lannes
Gilbert Motier de La Fayette
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