STAAR Quiz #8

American patriot woman, famous for writing anti-British Revolutionary poetry and books.   Her notes were used to write the 1st History book on the American Revolution.

• Mercy Otis Warren
• Clara Barton
• Abigail Adams

Former slave, served int he Continental Army under Marquis de Lafayette, a spy for the Americans.

• James Armistead
• Crispus Attucks
• Martin Luther King Jr.

Spanish naval commander who helped the Continental Army defeat a British fleet at New Orleans and secured the Gulf of Mexico.

• Bernardo de Galvez
• James Armistead
• Haym Solomon

Privateer credited with starting the U.S. Navy.  Fought British at sea nad won.

• John Paul Jones
• Haym Solomon
• James Armistead

African-American patriot shot and killed at the Boston Massacre.  1st American to be killed by the British.

• Crispus Attucks
• Haym Solomon
• James Armistead

Polish Born Jewish immigrant, banker and financier and supplied the U.S. government with loans to finance the Revolutionary War.

• Haym Solomon
• Crispus Attucks
• John Paul Jones

First shots and battle of the American Revolution.

• Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Yorktown

Turning point during the American Revolution that convinced the French to help the Patriots.

• Battle of Saratoga
• Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Yorktown

Final battle of the American Revolution where the British army surrendered.

• Battle of Yorktown
• Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Saratoga

Treat that ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the U.S. as an independent nation.

• Treaty of Paris of 1783
• Treaty of Versailles
• Treaty of Jamestown