American Revolution

What is a Loyalist

• A person who supported the Americans

• A person who wanted to stay British

• A person in Ms. Miller's class

• George Washington's dog

What is a Patriot?

• A person loyal to the British

• A person who supported Americans

• A football team

• A leader for the British

What battle was the 1st shots of the American Revolution?

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Saratoga

Who were minutemen?

• Men who could get ready to fight in an hours notice

• Men who could get ready to fight the next day

• Men who could get ready to fight

• Men who could get ready to fight in a mintue's notice

Who were the Red Coats?

• British

• Americans

Who let the colonists know that "The British were coming!"

• Paul Sampson

• Paul River

• Paul Simon

• Paul Revere

What was the battle, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"

• Battle of Bunker/Breed's Hill

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

Who was named the general of the Continental Army?

• Lord Cornwallis

• Paul Revere

• George Washington

• John Adams

When did the Americans declare independence from the British?

• July 4, 1774

• July 4, 1775

• July 4, 1776

• July 4, 1777

Which battle happened on Christmas, 1776, Americans beat the Hessian soldiers?

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Trenton