American Revolution Quiz

The thirteen colonies were controlled by __________.

• France

• Germany

• Great Britain

At the Boston Tea Party, colonists __________.

• drank tea

• threw tea into Boston Harbor

• set off fireworks

The colonists thought the British laws were unfair and sent letters to __________.

• King George III

• Benjamin Franklin

• British soldiers

The American soldiers in Concord were called __________.

• Loyalists

• redcoats

• minutemen

Paul Revere knew which way the redcoats were coming because he saw two __________.

• cannons

• eagles

• lanterns

The Declaration of Independence was written mostly by __________.

• Paul Revere

• King George III

• Thomas Jefferson

Benjamin Franklin __________.

• commanded the American army

• helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence

• built the White House

George Washington was the _______.

• writer of the Declaration of Independence

• leader of America's army in the American Revolution

• inventor of the lightning rod

Betsy Ross is said to have _______.

• played the piano for Benjamin Franklin

• made a flag for George Washington

• helped design Washington, D.C.

One image on the Presidential Seal of the United States is _______.

• a cannon

• a lantern

• an eagle