American Revolution Terms and Key Individuals
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- Q1Who is the Author of "Common Sense?"John AdamsHaym SolomonThomas PaineSamuel Adams300sEditDelete
- Q2Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of HappinessIntolerable Actsunalienable rightsU.S. ConstitutionDeclaration of Independence300sEditDelete
- Q3Who wrote letters to her husband describing life on the home-front?Abigail AdamsMarquis de LafaytteHarriet TubmanBenjamin Franklin300sEditDelete
- Q4Which is the first battle of the American Revolution?Battle of Bunker HillBattle of YorktownLexington and ConcordBattle of Trenton300sEditDelete
- Q5This individual helped negotiate the French support for the American Revolution.Paul RevereBenjamin FerrisPatrick HenryBenjamin Franklin300sEditDelete
- Q6This event was a demonstration by citizens of Boston disguised as Indians. They raided three British ships in the harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea overboard.Valley ForgeBoston Tea PartyBoston MassacreIntolerable Acts300sEditDelete
- Q7This prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.British and Indian WarTreaty of GhentTreaty of PairProclamation Line of 1763300sEditDelete
- Q8Commander of the Continental ArmyKing George IIIGeorge WashingtonPatrick HenryCrispus Attucks300sEditDelete
- Q9"Give me liberty or give me death"John AdamsMarquis de LafayettePatrick HenryJames Armistead300sEditDelete
- Q10War fought over the Ohio River Valley that led up to the American Revolution.French and Indian WarFrench RevolutionCivil WarAmerican Revolution300sEditDelete
- Q11King of England during the American RevolutionKing JamesKing Tomas PaineKing George IIIKing John300sEditDelete
- Q12He is an African American who rode through Massachusetts warning colonists the British were coming.Haym SolomonWentworth CheswellJames ArmisteadMary Otis Warren300sEditDelete
- Q13American naval commander in the American Revolution who said, "I have not yet begun to fight."John Paul JonesCrispus AttucksWentworth CheswellBernardo de Galvez300sEditDelete
- Q14Financial patriot of the Revolutionary WarHaym SolomonBernardo de GalvezMary Otis WarrenPatrick Henry300sEditDelete
- Q15What is the location where Washington's army spent the winter and a fourth of the troops died of disease and malnutrition.Valley ForgeLexington and ConcordBunker HillBattle of Delaware300sEditDelete
- Q16Author of the Declaration of IndependenceThomas JeffersonJohn AdamsSamuel AdamsJohn Locke300sEditDelete
- Q17What was the law was passed by the British for setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonists.Townshend ActsStamp ActMolasses ActSugar Act300sEditDelete
- Q18What is the law that taxed printed goods, including playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.Coercive ActsStamp ActSugar ActIntolerable Acts300sEditDelete
- Q19Who was the leader of the Son's of Liberty who urged the colonists to continue to resist British controls.Samuel AdamsWentworth CheswellPatrick HenryPaul Revere300sEditDelete
- Q20Who stirred the colonists against British policies with her writings, she is considered "First Lady" of the American Revolution.Marquis de LafayetteMary Otis WentworthMary Otis WarrenAbigail Adams300sEditDelete