Quiz on American History

_____ became the first Postmaster General.

• Paul Revere

• Benjamin Franklin

• Minutemen

Answer explanation

______ was the man who warned the colonists that the British were planning to attack.

• Paul Revere

• Benjamin Franklin

• Minutemen

The ______ was the written agreement that ended the War of Independence.

• Constitution

• War of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

The ______ is the written plan of government for the United States that is still followed today.

• Constitution

• War of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

The ______ is the war in which the American colonists fought for their freedom from England.

• Civil War

• War of Independence

• Boston Tea Party

(a)   helped plan the first fire department in America.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Paul Revere

• Founding Fathers

The (a)   is the event in which colonists threw tea into the harbor.

• Boston Tea Party

• Treaty of Paris

• War of Independence

______ were colonists who would be ready to fight at a minute's notice.

• Minutemen

• Founding Fathers

• Paul Revere

(a)   wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Founding Fathers

• Paul Revere

(a)   helped form the Constitution of the United States.

• Founding Fathers

• Minutemen

• Paul Revere