Revolutionary War Quiz

Which countries were allies of the American colonists during the Revolutionary War?

• France and Cherokee Indians

• Spain and Creek Indians

• France and Spain

• Spain and Portugal

What did Benjamin Hawkins want the Creek Indians to do?

• Sign a treaty with the government

• Trade furs at his outpost

• Meet with the new government of the United States

• Adopt the ways of the settlers

Which parallel did the 1795 Pinckney Treaty establish as the border between Florida and Alabama?

• 35th parallel

• 28th parallel

• 31st parallel

• 25th parallel

What did Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief, want the Creek Indians to do?

• Keep to the ways of their people and sign a peace treaty

• Adopt the ways of the settlers and make peace with the government

• Keep the traditions of their people and fight the Americans

• Keep the traditions of their people and fight the Choctaws

The Creek nation divided into two groups. Which group wanted to go to war?

• White Sticks

• Elders

• Followers of William McIntosh

• Red Sticks

Which of the following groups did NOT help the settlers in their war against the Red Sticks?

• Choctaw

• Chickasaw

• Shawnee

• Tennessee volunteers

Where were the Red Sticks defeated by General Jackson in the final battle of the Creek War?

• Horseshoe Bend

• Fort Mims

• Talladega

• Burnt Corn Creek

Who settled the Vine and Olive Company?

• Farmers from Spain

• French military officers

• People from Georgia

• Veterans of the Revolutionary War

Which act gave Alabama some federal land to build a capitol and support a state university?

• Tax Act

• Land Grant Act

• Enabling Act

• Federal Land Act

Before the Alabama Territory could become a state, it had to:

• Elect a governor

• Have a population of 200,000

• Write a constitution

• Collect taxes