The American Republic Test

Question 1

Who was the leader of the Green Mountian Boys

Answer 1

Ethan Allan

Question 2

Wht was the name for the american troops

Answer 2

continental army

Question 3

The meeting of the ____ continental congress convened in philadelphia in 1775 to send the lovive banch petiiton to the king and to prepare for war

Answer 3

second

Question 4

What clearly demonstrated that the colonies wanted to restore a friendly realtonship with britian befor an all out war developed

Answer 4

Olive branch petition

Question 5

What was the nae of soldiers that were for hire

Answer 5

mercenaries

Question 6

Who won the battle of bunker hill

Answer 6

the British

Question 7

What general assisted genral gage in the battle of bunker hill

Answer 7

william howe

Question 8

Ethan allen and benedict arnold joined froces to capture what

Answer 8

Fort ticonderoga

Question 9

At the battle of bunker hill did the partroits take possessioon of bunker hill

Answer 9

yes

Question 10

At the battle of bunker hill did the battle take place near new youk city

Answer 10

No

Question 11

At the battle of bunker hill did thousands of bristish soldiers assault the partroito positions

Answer 11

yes

Question 12

At the battle of bunker hill did the patriots run out of ammunition

Answer 12

yes

Question 13

Did the americans expect the canadians to join in the fffort for independecne

Answer 13

yes

Question 14

the patriots freed boston from british control with what

Answer 14

cannons

Question 15

The patriots invasion of canada to capture quebec resulted in what

Answer 15

Britsh surrender of the st lawrence valley

Question 16

Following the declaration of independence did the overwhilming majority of americans support indpependence

Answer 16

no

Question 17

What was another name for loyalists

Answer 17

tories

Question 18

Who made up those who wanted independecnce

Answer 18

patriots

Question 19

Who wrote common sense one of the most influential political tracts in history

Answer 19

thomas paine

Question 20

What was the pamplet called that tried to convince colonists that america should separate from britian

Answer 20

common sense

Question 21

Who was the primary author of the declaration of independence

Answer 21

thomas jerfferson

Question 22

the declaration of independence was approved b the continetnal congress on july4 of what year

Answer 22

1776

Question 23

what partiot school teacher lost his life in an attempt to profivde washington with information about britsh activities in New York

Answer 23

Nathan Hale

Question 24

After crossing the dealware river on christmas night of 1776 in what city did george washington’s troops surprise the hessians

Answer 24

trenton

Question 25

did the victories at trenton and princetion give new hope to the americans cause

Answer 25

yes

Question 26

Who was the british officer who lost at sartoga

Answer 26

general burgoyne

Question 27

What partoit victory won official french support for the patriot cause and forced the britsh to move thier focus to winning the south

Answer 27

the battle of saratoga

Question 28

Who trained the colonial army while it was quatered for the winter

Answer 28

baron von steuben

Question 29

Where did george washingtions’s troops spend thir most uncomfortable winter

Answer 29

valley froge

Question 30

did the colonial army have plenty of upplies and finacial support that it needed

Answer 30

no

Question 31

What was the name of the armed merchant ships

Answer 31

privateers

Question 32

ho was the partiot army quartermaster who replaced gerneral gates as leader in the south

Answer 32

nathanael greene

Question 33

Who gained his greatest fame by defeatinng the british serapis

Answer 33

john paul jones

Question 34

Who captued frontier outposts to give american claim to western rigions

Answer 34

george rogers clark

Question 35

Southern frontismen angered by britsh demands to lay down thir arms gout back and won at the battle of where

Answer 35

Kings Mountain

Question 36

Did the hessians side with the british during the war

Answer 36

yes

Question 37

did the loyalists side with the british during the war

Answer 37

yes

Question 38

Did the over mountain men side with the british during the war

Answer 38

no

Question 39

Did the tories side with the british during the war

Answer 39

yes

Question 40

Who was the french volunteer that fought with the americans at youktown

Answer 40

marquis de lafayette

Question 41

Who waged a long battle at yrk town before surrender

Answer 41

cornwallis

Question 42

as a reult of winnign the war did the united states receive the land between the appalachian s and the mississippi

Answer 42

yes

Question 43

The war for independence officially ended with the signing of what

Answer 43

treaty of paris

Question 44

What year did the war for endepeencence officially end

Answer 44

1783

Question 45

Who was the british officer who surrendered to washingtion at yorktown

Answer 45

cornwallis

Question 46

Who were the negotiators for the treaty that ended the war

Answer 46

benjamin franklin john jay and john adames