Key Events of the Revolution

What American victory persuaded France to ally with America to fight against the British?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Trenton

This event officially ended the Revolutionary War and gave America all of the land east of the Mississippi River.

• Treaty of Paris 1783
• Treaty of France 1781
• Treaty of Paris 1763
• Battle of Yorktown

The American Revolution officially began with the "shot heard 'round the world" at the-

• Battle of New York
• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battles of Lexington and Concord
• Battle of Princeton

All of the following are true of Washington during the American Revolution except-

• he was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
• he surprised the Hessians on December 26th at the Battle of Trenton
• he led the Continental Army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
• he managed to keep the Continental Army together during the winter of 1777 at Valley Forge

The last major battle of the war was when Cornwallis surrendered his army to Washington at the 

• Battles of Saratoga
• Battle of Yorktown
• Battle of Princeton
• Battle of Bunker Hill

All the events listed above occurred during...

• the era of westward expansion
• the Era of Good Feelings
• the Revolutionary era
• the French and Indian War era

Which event below would be in the correct chronological order to complete this diagram?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Treaty of Paris 1783
• Declaration of Independence
• Proclamation of 1763

The American colonists used the slogan, "No taxation without representation," to express their belief in the need for-

• economic independence
• mercantilism
• consent of the governed
• Parliamentary supremacy

The alliance with France provided the Continental Army with support by the French army and navy at the Battle of-

• Lexington and Concord
• Yorktown
• Bunker Hill
• Ticonderoga

All of the following are true about the Continental Army's time at Valley Forge except-

• Baron Von Steuben trained the soldiers in combat
• the British won an important battle there after a surprise attack caught the Americans off guard
• George Washington showed brilliant leadership by keeping the army united
• soldiers suffered miserably from the cold, snow, disease and lack of food and clothing