American Revolution Vocabulary Quiz

What is a militia?

• Trained citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency

• A type of government

• A group of loyalists

• A famous battle

Who were the Loyalists?

• Colonists who remained loyal to Britain during the Revolutionary War

• Colonists who fought against Britain

• Members of the Continental Army

• Delegates of the Second Continental Congress

What was the Second Continental Congress?

• An assembly of delegates representing every colony that met in 1775

• A military group

• A document

• A battle

What was the Continental Army?

• The army that represented the Colonies during the Revolutionary War

• A group of loyalists

• A type of militia

• A congress

Who was Thomas Paine?

• An English-American author and political thinker

• A soldier in the Continental Army

• A delegate of the Second Continental Congress

• A loyalist

What is the Declaration of Independence?

• A document drawn up by the Second Continental Congress that announced American independence

• A military strategy

• A type of militia

• A famous battle

What are natural rights?

• Universal rights, such as life and liberty, that derive from nature

• Rights given by the government

• Rights only for loyalists

• Rights for soldiers