The American Revolution

When did the American Revolutionary War take place?

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• 1776 to 1778

• 1775 to 1783

  
  

• 1765 to 1776

• 1778 to 1796

Who did the thirteen colonies fight against during the American Revolutionary War?

• The British

• The French

• The Patriots

• The Whigs

The Boston Tea Party was a?

• Political party celebrating the Tea Act where the Sons of Liberty through the tea into the Boston harbor

• A protest by the Native Americans because the colonists were taking over their land

• Political protest by the Sons of Liberty about being taxed by the British without representation

• Gathering of British troops in the Boston harbor that started the American Revolutionary War

Who was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War?

• George Washington

• Charles Cornwallis

• John Adams

• Ben Franklin

Congress declared independence from Britain in?

• July 1776

• June 1774

• September 1778

• August 1775

The colonist rejected the British taxes because?

• They were expensive

• They had no representation by the British parliament

• They were unnecessary

• They were unfair

The Loyalist were?

• Colonists that were loyal to Britain

• Colonists that were loyal to George Washington

• Colonists that were loyal to the Sons of Liberty

• None of these

Patriots were those colonists that?

• Followed the philosophy of the Loyalists that were loyal to Britain

• Followed the philosophy of Republicanism such as Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Paine

• Did not follow any group but were for liberty and freedom

• none of these

The person most famous for alerting the colonist that the British troops coming was?

• Benedict Arnold

• Thomas Jefferson

• Paul Revere

• John Adams

On August 2, 1776, what document was signed that declared independence from Great Britain

• The United States Declaration of Independence

• The United States Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights