8th Grade Review

Jamestown was founded in what year?

• 1607

• 1504

• 1692

• 1701

Who was George Washington's first Secretary of State?

• Hamilton

• Adams

• Jefferson

• Franklin

Who was the author of the 47 page pamphlet called Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine

• Paul Revere

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

Continental Congress met in what city?

• Boston

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Baltimore

What act closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for?

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Act

• Tea Act

• Townsend Act

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia on what date?

• July 4th, 1773

• July 4th, 1776

• July 4th, 1775

• July 4th 1770

Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Jefferson

• Hamilton

• Franklin

• Paine

What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Lexington and Concord

• Bunker Hill

Foreign German soldiers who fought, not out of loyalty, but for pay were called what?

• Lobster Backs

• Privateers

• Hessians

• Marauders

The Pilgrims named the place they landed _______ _______?