QUIZ 15

Question 1

This man was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

Answer 1

John Hancock

Question 2

This is the term for the German soldiers hired to fight the colonists

Answer 2

Hessians

Question 3

This is the name of the patriot leader who captured Fort Ticonderoga

Answer 3

Ethan Allen

Question 4

This is where the “shot heard ‘round the world’ was fired

Answer 4

Lexington

Question 5

Massachusetts patriots who could be ready to fight at a minute’s notice

Answer 5

Minutemen

Question 6

This is the act that required the colonists to have a stamp or seal affixed to newspapers,documents etc..

Answer 6

Stamp Act

Question 7

This man was the king of England during the American War for Independence

Answer 7

George III

Question 8

This is the war fought in American between 1754 & 1763

Answer 8

Seven Years War

Question 9

This man was the Virginian who carried a message to the French at Fort le Boeuf

Answer 9

George Washington

Question 10

The colonists who wanted American to be free from Britain’s control were called

Answer 10

Patriots