Revolutionary War

Who is known as the 'Father of the Constitution'?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• James Madison

The British soldier's were nicknamed...

• Redcoats

• Cornwallis's troops

• British troops

• Patriots

Where did the Continental Army spend a harsh winter during the American Revolution?

• Jamestown

• Mount Vernon

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Valley Forge

The colonists dumped tea in the Boston Harbor as a protest of the...

• tea tax

• Native Americans

• shipping industry

• King

What was a major reason the colonies went to war with Great Britain?

• Land disputes with Native Americans

• Taxation without representation

• Religious freedom

• Disagreements over slavery

One of the major events leading up to the Revolutionary War was...

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Constitution

• the Boston Massacre

• there was none

Who was the British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown?

• General Charles Cornwallis

• General John Burgoyne

• General William Howe

• General Henry Clinton

What document officially ended the American Revolution?

• The Magna Carta

• The Treaty of Paris 1783

• The Bill of Rights

• The Federalist Papers

What was the primary purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

• To establish laws for the new nation

• To declare war on Great Britain

• To outline the structure of the new government

• To declare the American colonies' independence from British rule

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Patrick Henry

• King George III