Quiz on American History

_____ became the first Postmaster General.

• Paul Revere

• Benjamin Franklin

• Minutemen

Answer explanation

______ was the man who warned the colonists that the British were planning to attack.

• Paul Revere

• Benjamin Franklin

• Minutemen

The ______ was the written agreement that ended the War of Independence.

• Constitution

• War of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

The ______ is the written plan of government for the United States that is still followed today.

• Constitution

• War of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

The ______ is the war in which the American colonists fought for their freedom from England.

• Declaration of Independane

• War of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

(a)   helped plan the first fire department in America.

• Benjamin Franklin
• Paul Revere

• Founding Fathers

The event in which colonists threw tea into the harbor to protest high taxes was the ​ (a)   .

• War of Independence
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Massacre

Colonists who would be ready to fight at a minute's notice were known as ______.

• Minutemen

• Founding Fathers

• Regulars

Poor Richard’s Almanack was written by ​ (a)   .

• Benjamin Franklin
• Founding Fathers

• Paul Revere

The ​ (a)   helped form the Constitution of the United States.

• Minutemen

• Founding Fathers
• Constitution