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The Revolution and the Battles of the American Revolution
Video Quiz
1. Which 2 countries fought against each other in the French and Indian War?
2. Which American leader surrendered Fort Necessity to the French and was later appointed commander of the Continental Army?
3. What did the Sugar Act of 1764 and the Stamp Act of 1765 demand the colonists to do?
4. Why did John Hancock and Samuel Adams organize the Boston Tea party?
5. In 1774 the British Parliament punished Massachusetts by enacting laws know as what?
6. During the Boston Massacre an angry mob shot 5 British soldiers? True or False
7. The First Continental Congress set up what?
8. Where did the “shot heard ‘round the world,” take place?
9. The colonial reinforcements that fought against British troops at Concord were called what?
10.The Second Continental Congress met in May 1775 to organize the Continental Army.
True or False
11. The battle of Bunker Hill was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War.
True or False
12. Which event, on Christmas night in 1776,allowed the Continental Army to capture 900 soldiers.
13. The adoption of the Declaration of Independence changed the purpose of the war.
True or False
14. Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
15. Colonists that sided with the British were called what?
16. Which man wrote a pamphlet entitled “Common Sense,” which stirred up the revolutionary movement in the colonies?
17. Which two European countries have joined colonial forces against the British?
18. Why was the surrender at Saratoga a great turning point?
19. Consider the last battle of the war; Cornwallis surrendered the British army in ___________________.
20. This peace treaty, signed on September 3,1783 ended the war and established the boundaries of the United States.