Test

Question 1

What demonstrated the colonies wanted peace with Britain

Answer 1

The Olive Branch Petition

Question 2

What meeting convened in Philadelphia in 1775 to send the olive branch petition to the king and prepare for war

Answer 2

second Continental congress

Question 3

Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold joined forces to capture ________

Answer 3

Fort Ticonderoga

Question 4

Where did bunker hill not take place near

Answer 4

New York City

Question 5

What word is used to describe hired soldiers such as Hessians

Answer 5

Mercenaries

Question 6

In efforts to win independence, the patriots gained the help of the hessians
True of false

Answer 6

False

Question 7

What did the patriots seize at fort Ticonderoga that Lester helped them to free Boston from British control

Answer 7

Cannons

Question 8

The patriots invasion of Canada to capture Quebec resulted in

Answer 8

A failed attack by the patriots

Question 9

The colonists who favored the British where known as Tories or

Answer 9

Loyalists

Question 10

What pamphlet helped convince the colonists that America should separate from Britain

Answer 10

Common sense

Question 11

Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 11

Thomas Jefferson

Question 12

After retreating from losses at New York Washington was able to encourage his troops by crossing the Delaware and making a successful surprise attack on

Answer 12

Trenton

Question 13

The majority of the Indians who fought in the war fought against the patriots
True of false

Answer 13

True

Question 14

What patriot victory prevented the British from taking control of the northern colonies and forced them to focus there efforts in the south

Answer 14

Saratoga

Question 15

George Washington’s troops spent there most uncomfortable winter at what place

Answer 15

Valley forge

Question 16

What patriot leader in the west drove out “hair buyer” Hamilton and captured strategic outposts

Answer 16

George Rodgers Clark

Question 17

Leader of the mountain boys

Answer 17

Ethan Allen

Question 18

British officer who lost at Saratoga

Answer 18

John Burgoyne

Question 19

Patriot army quartermaster who replaced general gates as leader in the south

Answer 19

Nathanael Greene

Question 20

Declared that he had “not yet begun to fight”

Answer 20

John Paul Jones

Question 21

Captured frontier outposts to give America claim to the western regions

Answer 21

George Rodgers Clark

Question 22

Credited with helping liberate Boston using artillery from fort Ticonderoga

Answer 22

Henry Knox

Question 23

Enlightenment philosopher who promoted the contract theory of government

Answer 23

John Locke

Question 24

What young french officer aided the colonial effort

Answer 24

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 25

Southern frontiersmen angered by British demands to lay down there arms fought back and won a battle where?

Answer 25

Kings Mountain

Question 26

The French navy helped to trap the British at Yorktown

True or False

Answer 26

True

Question 27

The British officer who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown was

Answer 27

Charles Cornwallis

Question 28

The war for independence officially ended with the signing of the

Answer 28

Treaty of Paris