American History Quiz

Each year on the 4th of July Americans celebrate the signing of this.

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

A military force made up of ordinary citizens.

• militia

• patriot

• loyalist

• continental army

The punishment of treason.

• birth

• age

• death

• treason

Met in Philadelphia to decide how to fight the war with Britain

• Second Continental Congress

• Continental Army

• Death

• George Washington

The crime of betraying one's country

• Patriot

• Death

• Treason

• Loyalist

1st President, Commander of the Continental Army

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

American colonist who favored American independence

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Treason

• Militia

The Second Continental Congress created a stronger army called the ______.

• Continental Army

• Union Army

• Confederate Army

• Revolutionary Guard

Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Alexander Hamilton

A person who supported the British during the American Revolution

• Loyalist

• Treason

• Patriot

• Militia