The Meaning of Liberty & The American Revolution

Question 1

The British East India Company had a monopoly on what?

a) The Tea Act (1773)
b) Monopoly on tea

Answer 1

b) Monopoly on tea

Question 2

The ______ Act tax angered colonists because of
the unfair monopoly it created on tea
a) The Tea Act (1773)
b) Monopoly on tea

Answer 2

a) The Tea Act (1773)

Question 3

Virginian who was the head of the Continental Army

a) George Washington
b) Thomas Paine

Answer 3

George Washington

Question 4

Wrote Common Sense: Cause for independence

a) George Washington
b) Thomas Paine

Answer 4

b) Thomas Paine

Question 5

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is part of who’s Natural Rights?

a) Jefferson’s Natural Rights
b) Minutemen
c) Hessians

Answer 5

a) Jefferson’s Natural Rights

Question 6

Militiamen who ready to fight:

a) Jefferson’s Natural Rights
b) Minutemen
c) Hessians

Answer 6

b) Minutemen

Question 7

German troops for hire (mercenaries):

a) Jefferson’s Natural Rights
b) Minutemen
c) Hessians

Answer 7

Hessians

Question 8

The French & Indian War started when:

a) France invaded the 13 colonies.
b) Colonists moved west of the Appalachian Mts. into French and Native American territory.

Answer 8

b) Colonists moved west of the Appalachian Mts. into French and Native American territory.

Question 9

The main “rebel” leader of the Sons of Liberty was:

a) Patrick Henry b) Samuel Adams

Answer 9

b) Samuel Adams

Question 10

In 1765 and then again 1774, Parliament passed the ______, which demanded the colonists to house and supply British soldiers in Boston:
a) Stamp Act b) Quartering Act

Answer 10

b) Quartering Act

Question 11

Colonists threw snowballs and rocks at British soldiers; soldiers fired shots into the crowd, killing 5 including Crispus Attucks. This event in 1770, becomes symbolic because of Paul Revere’s image and is known in history as the:

a) Boston Tea Party
b) Boston Massacre

Answer 11

b) Boston Massacre

Question 12

In 1773, the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawks (Native-Americans) and threw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, which in history is remembered as the:
a) Boston Tea Party b) Sons of Liberty Massacre

Answer 12

a) Boston Tea Party

Question 13

The first shots of the war were fired at this Massachusetts town?
a) Lexington b) Long Island

Answer 13

a) Lexington

Question 14

Why did the British troops march to Concord, in April of 1775?

a) To find and capture colonial rebel Paul Revere.
b) To seize the colonial arms and ammunition that was being stored there.

Answer 14

b) To seize the colonial arms and ammunition that was being stored there.

Question 15

Which early battle of the American Revolution resulted as a loss for the colonial militia, but proved that they could fight bravely against the much larger and better-trained British forces.
a) The Battle of Brooklyn Heights b) the Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill

Answer 15

b) the Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill

Question 16

The main author of the Declaration of Independence was:

a) Thomas Jefferson b) George Washington

Answer 16

a) Thomas Jefferson

Question 17

The primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to:

a) Demand freedom of speech, press and assembly.
b) Declaration of rights, list of grievances and reasons for the American Revolution.

Answer 17

b) Declaration of rights, list of grievances and reasons for the American Revolution.

Question 18

18. What is the name the famous battle that started on Christmas night, 1776, that General George Washington made the daring crossing of the Delaware River with 2,400 troops through blinding sleet and fog, then marched 9 miles to surprise the sleeping Hessians and British Redcoat soldiers?
    a) The Battle of Trenton b) the Battle of Bunker (Breeds) Hill

Answer 18

a) The Battle of Trenton

Question 19

Because of the Battle of Saratoga:

a) The French massacred the Native Americans.
b) Convinced the French to ally themselves with the Americans.

Answer 19

b) Convinced the French to ally themselves with the Americans.

Question 20

During the winter of 1777-1778 this conflict was not a battle with the British but rather a struggle to survive:
a) Valley Forge b) Yorktown

Answer 20

a) Valley Forge

Question 21

The most important contribution made by Friedrich Baron von Steuben?

a) He taught the soldiers that their Generals did not have to speak good English.
b) He transformed the Continental Army into a well-disciplined army capable of fighting the British.

Answer 21

b) He transformed the Continental Army into a well-disciplined army capable of fighting the British.

Question 22

King Louie XIV recognizes American independence and agrees to assist the revolution with:

a) Sends one of their more influential generals, General Marquis de Lafayette.
b) Establishes a naval blockade, not allowing for British ships to enter the war.
c) All of the above.

Answer 22

c) All of the above.

Question 23

In 1781, what colony did the Battle of Yorktown occur?

a) Ohio b) Virginia

Answer 23

b) Virginia

Question 24

Why was the Battle of Yorktown important?

a) It was the last major battle of the American Revolution.
b) It was the only battle of the war that happened in Ohio Valley.

Answer 24

a) It was the last major battle of the American Revolution.

Question 25

Whose name has come to mean “traitor?”

a) Benedict Arnold b) Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion

Answer 25

a) Benedict Arnold

Question 26

What was “the shot heard ‘round the world?”

a) The shot that concluded the first meeting of the minutemen.
b) The first shot of the American Revolution.

Answer 26

b) The first shot of the American Revolution.

Question 27

During the Revolutionary War, Native Americans and African-Americans fought:
a) On the side of the Americans. b) For both the Colonists and the British.

Answer 27

b) For both the Colonists and the British.

Question 28

George Washington lost more battles than he won.

a) True b) False

Answer 28

a) True

Question 29

Before the war was over the Continental Congress met to discuss ideas for a new and independent government and eventually write the________, the first U.S. Constitution.

a) Declaration of the Rights of Man
b) Articles of Confederation

Answer 29

b) Articles of Confederation

Question 30

The first President under the current United States Constitution was:

a) John Hansen
b) George Washington

Answer 30

b) George Washington