American Revolution

Question 1

The American Revolution ended with the Treaty of Paris, returning to Spain part of what would eventually be this state.

Answer 1

Florida

Question 2

In what year did the Revolutionary War end?

Answer 2

In 1783, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.

Question 3

This legendary woman was based on Mary Ludwig Hays and others who brought water to soldiers in the American Revolution.

Answer 3

Molly Pitcher

Question 4

This British Major who conspired with Benedict Arnold asked to be shot, but George Washington had him hanged as a spy.

Answer 4

John André

Question 5

Shunned by his faith, Revolutionary War Gen. Nathanael Greene was paradoxically called “The Fighting” this.

Answer 5

Quaker

Question 6

These were German soldiers who served as auxiliaries to the British Army during the American Revolutionary War and the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The name is a form of synecdoche that refers to the German states that 65% of these troops came from.

Answer 6

Hessians