American Revolution

Question 1

King of England during the American Revolution

Answer 1

King George III

Question 2

local militia that could be ready to fight in a minute

Answer 2

minutemen

Question 3

English body of representatives that makes the laws

Answer 3

parliament

Question 4

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy

Answer 4

Common Sense

Question 5

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 5

Thomas Jefferson

Question 6

Document that stated the United States was independent nation

Answer 6

Declaration of Independence

Question 7

Colonist who were loyal to Britain

Answer 7

Loyalist

Question 8

Colonist who wanted independence from Britain

Answer 8

Patriots

Question 9

Battle won by the Colonist turning point of the war

Answer 9

Battle of Saratoga

Question 10

Place where Washington’s army spent the winter of 1777-78

Answer 10

Valley Forge

Question 11

General of the Continental Army

Answer 11

George Washington

Question 12

French noble who helped the Americans win the war

Answer 12

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 13

Battle that won the war for the Americans

Answer 13

Battle of Yorktown

Question 14

Battle that essentially began the American Revolution

Answer 14

Battle of Lexington & Concord

Question 15

Treaty that officially ended the war

Answer 15

Treaty of Paris

Question 16

British general that lost Yorktown and the war

Answer 16

Charles Cornwallis