Question 1

"I regret that I have only one life to give for my country."

Accepted Answer

Nathan Hale

Answer

Barak Obama

Answer

George Grenville

Answer

George Washington

Question 2

wife of a Patriot soldier who carried pitchers of water to soldiers at the battlefields

Accepted Answer

Molly Pitcher

Answer

Aretha Franklin

Answer

Molly Bennett

Answer

Deborah Sampson

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence

Accepted Answer

1776

Answer

1778

Answer

1775

Answer

1777

Question 4

Act of Congress prohibits imports of enslaved people into U.S.

Accepted Answer

1778

Answer

2014

Answer

1779

Answer

1775

Question 5

"We shall have a long . . . and bloody war to go through."

Accepted Answer

John Adams' prediction in 1776

Answer

John Adams' prediction in 1887

Answer

Nathan Hale's prediction in 1778

Answer

Nathan Hale's prediction in 1945

Question 6

opposed all armed conflict and remained neutral during the war

Accepted Answer

Quakers

Answer

Loyalists

Answer

George Lopez

Answer

Tories

Question 7

loyal to the British

Accepted Answer

1 in 5 Americans

Answer

1 in 2 Americans

Answer

316 million  Americans

Answer

1 in 10 Americans

Question 8

soldiers who fought for money. Many were Hessians.

Accepted Answer

mercenaries

Answer

mitochondria

Answer

oatmeal cream pies

Answer

mechurochromes

Question 9

Benjamin's son. Remained loyal to Britain

Accepted Answer

William Franklin

Answer

Fred Franklin

Answer

Ben Franklin, Jr.

Answer

George Lopez Franklin

Question 10

Made in the 1750s, rang every Fourth of July until a crack appeared in about 1846.

Accepted Answer

Liberty Bell

Answer

The American Bell

Answer

The big ole cracked bell

Answer

The English bell

Question 11

usual term of service of a continental soldier

Accepted Answer

one year

Answer

2 years

Answer

6 years

Answer

4 years

Question 12

only colony that refused to use Africans in their armies

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Answer

New Hampshire

Answer

Georgia

Answer

Virginia

Question 13

area where loyalty to Britain was strongest

Accepted Answer

Georgia and the Carolinas

Answer

Rhode Island

Answer

Deleware

Answer

Pennsylvania

Question 14

area where loyalty to Britain was weakest

Accepted Answer

New England

Answer

Texas

Answer

Arkansas

Answer

Mexico

Question 15

Virginia's royal governor who promised freedom to Africans who joined the British cause

Accepted Answer

Lord Dunmore

Answer

Lord Lopez

Answer

Lord Baltimore

Answer

Lord Vader

Question 16

the idea that each state was fighting for its own interests

Accepted Answer

"13 separate wars"

Answer

"3 separate wars"

Answer

One big ole war

Answer

The Articles of Confederation

Question 17

joined up as a Patriot soldier by disguising herself as a man

Accepted Answer

Deborah Sampson

Answer

Molly Pitcher

Answer

Molly Bennett

Answer

Gladys Knight

Question 18

Washington led surprise attack on British, won a major victory.

Accepted Answer

Christmas night, 1776

Answer

July 4, 1901

Answer

New Years Day, 1887

Answer

December 7, 1942

Question 19

Continental Army had won an enormous victory that changed the course of the war.

Accepted Answer

Battle of Saratoga

Answer

Bunker Hill

Answer

Ticonderoga

Answer

Gettysburg

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