Magazine 11: American Revolution

This war made Great Britain have large war debts, thus they taxed the colonists to raise money for Parliament.

• Seven Years' War

• American Revolution

• Civil War

• French Revolution

On April 19, 1775 armed revolt broke out at these battles.

• Lexington and Concord

• Boston Molassacre

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• French and Indian War

Scum colonists who are loyal to the British Crown are called...

• Loyalists

• Scum bags

• Tories

• Royalists

At the Battle of Bunker Hill, the British suffer a huge amount of casualties. What are casualties?

• misfires

• soldiers killed

• casual wear

• soldiers killed or injured

On December 25, 1776 Washington took his men and crossed what river to surprise the Hessian mercenaries?

• Dover

• Delaware

• Mississippi

• Nile

What country did Benjamin Franklin converse with in helping us win the war?

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

• Netherlands

British Soldiers were called...

• Lobsterbacks

• Red Coats

• Minutemen

• Patriots

Patriots were a part of what army?

• The Hessian army

• The Continental Army

• The Condiment Army

• The British militia

Because British citizens felt sympathy for the American cause, King George had to hire soldiers from where?

• small German states called Hessians

• small Belgian states called Hessians

• small Danish states called Hessians

• small Friesland states called Hessians

During the winter of 1777-1778 at Valley Forge, how many soldiers died from starvation and disease?

• 2,500

• 500

• 1,000

• 1,500