American Revolution

After the Intolerable acts, colonies sent representatives to meet in Philadelphia. The name for this is

• Boston Tea Party

• First Continental Congress

• Congress

• Monopoly

Who said, "Give me liberty or give me death!"

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

• King George III

• George Washington

Who took a midnight ride on a horse to warn the colonists that the British were coming?

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• Paul Revere

• Minutemen

The Shot Heard Round the World started which battle/war?

• French and Indian War

• Civil War

• World War 2

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

Who was the Commander of the Continental Army?

• King George III

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Ethan Allen

What was the name of the book written by Thomas Paine that argued for democracy and independence?

• Olive Branch

• Constitution

• Common Sense

• Resolution

What rights were mentioned in the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

• Life

• Liberty

• Property

• Love

What is the date that the delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence?

• July 4, 1776

• December 25, 1776

• July 4, 2025

• January 1776

The last attempt by the Continental Congress to make peace with King George III and stay a part of England was called

• Redcoats

• Olive Branch Petition

• Bunker Hill

• Second Continental Congress

What was important about the book Common Sense?

• Made colonists feel that independence was a good idea.

• Helped colonists to stay loyal to the King

• Helped colonists to fight the Redcoats

• Made the colonists want to return to England