American Revolution Quiz Review

Which battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

• The Battle of Trenton

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The Battle of Bunker Hill

A former enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting American Independence was -

• Phillis Wheatley

• Sojourner Truth

• Jo Anderson

• Frederick Douglass

What event will best complete the timeline?

• 2nd Continental Congress

• Paul Revere’s ride

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Bunker Hill

Identify the key individual being described.

• George Washington

• Patrick Henry

• Benjamin Franklin

• Marquis de Lafayette

Which of these pieces of art in showing the Boston Massacre?

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What was the name of the British king during the American Revolution?

• Charles III
• George III
• William III
• James III

Where were the first armed conflicts of the American Revolution?

• Yorktown
• Saratoga
• Lexington and Concord
• Bunker Hill

What was where a group of colonists boarded a ship and dumped 342 chests of British Tea into the Boston Harbor called?

• Boston Tea Party

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Declaration of Independence

Who was the major author of the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Patrick Henry

Why did Great Britain impose taxes on the American colonies?

• To support colonial governments

• To punish the colonist

• To pay for the French and Indian War

• To fund explorations to Asia