Question 1

What are the famous lined stated by Patrick Henry in his speech?

Accepted Answer

'give me liberty or give me death'

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'I regret that I have but one life to give for my country'

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'No taxation without representation'

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'I have not yet begun to fight'

Question 2

What was the first battle of the American Revolutionary War?

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Battle of Lexington and Concord

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Battle of Yorktown

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Battle of Saratoga

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Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 3

What battle was the turning point of the American Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Saratoga

Question 4

What was the main result of the French and Indian War?

Accepted Answer

It left Great Britain with a large debt, which they felt the colonist should help to pay, because the war began over land in the colonies.

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It created more tension between the colonist and the Native Americans in North America

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Great Britain lost control of the Ohio Valley Region to the French and  Indians

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Great Britain and Spain become allies against the French

Question 5

Who is the individual that was one of the few known to be apart of the Boston Tea Party and warned the militia that the British were coming?

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

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Thomas Pain

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Samuel Adams

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Patrick Henry

Question 6

What caused the British soldiers to fire on the colonist at the Boston Massacre?

Accepted Answer

The mob of colonist were harassing the soldiers by taunting them and throwing snowballs and rocks at them.

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The colonist refused to quarter the British troop in their homes

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The mob of colonist fired first on the soldiers

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The British soldiers were wanted to hurt the colonist for their negative attitude towards King George III

Question 7

What did Thomas Paine contribute to the cause of the American Revolutionary War?

Accepted Answer

He wrote a pamphlet titled 'Common Sense' that expressed the abuses of Great Britain against the colonist in plain language that everyone could easily understand.

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He joined Paul Revere in his ride across the Massachusetts' countryside to warn that the British were coming

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He wrote the Declaration of Independence and was a delegate at the First and Second Continental Congresses

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He was a leader of the Boston Tea Party and fought beside General George Washington

Question 8

What was the Stamp Act?

Accepted Answer

a tax on all paper products in the colonies

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a tax on paper and paint or materials used to write

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a tax only on newspapers and tea

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a tax on tea and sugar

Question 9

In the Battle of Bunker Hill why did the colonist lose the battle?

Accepted Answer

They were outnumbered and ran out of ammunition and water

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They lost the battle because General George Washington was not yet in command of the Continental Army

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They were vastly outnumbered and need replacement that never came

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They became confused with the British out flanked them to the west

Question 10

What patriot was also a silversmith and artist?

Accepted Answer

Paul Revere

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Thomas Paine

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George Washington

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Thomas Jefferson

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