Revolutionary War

Question 1

Virginia lawyer and war advocate

Answer 1

Patrick Henry

Question 2

Polish general who helped the colonists

Answer 2

Count Pulaski

Question 3

General who captured Montreal in 1777

Answer 3

Richard Montgomery

Question 4

Sea captain who took the war to Britain

Answer 4

John Paul Jones

Question 5

December 17 - 1773 raid

Answer 5

Boston Tea Party

Question 6

“The Scribe of the Revolution”

Answer 6

Thomas Jefferson

Question 7

First battle of the U.S. Revolution

Answer 7

Battle of Lexington

Question 8

Lawyer who defended British soldiers of the Boston Massacre

Answer 8

John Adams

Question 9

Battle that decided the U.S. Revolution

Answer 9

Yorktown

Question 10

Revolution Pamphlateer and Common Sense author

Answer 10

Thomas Paine

Question 11

Colonists who favored the British

Answer 11

Torries

Question 12

George Washington’s command

Answer 12

The Continental Army

Question 13

General who defeated Burgoyne

Answer 13

Horatio Gates

Question 14

Colonial officer - father of Robert E. Lee

Answer 14

Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee

Question 15

British-German mercenaries during the revolution

Answer 15

Hessians

Question 16

British General who surrendered at Saratoga - 1777

Answer 16

John Burgoyne

Question 17

Colonial ambassador to France

Answer 17

Benjamin Franklin

Question 18

Organization of patriots founded by Ethan Allen

Answer 18

The Green Mountain boys

Question 19

Patriot who captured fort Ticonderoga

Answer 19

Ethan Allen

Question 20

Battle leading to the fall of Philadelphia

Answer 20

Brandywine

Question 21

Second battle of the U.S. Revolution

Answer 21

Battle of Concord

Question 22

Patriotic group established in 1765

Answer 22

Sons of Liberty

Question 23

Prussian advisor to George Washington

Answer 23

Baron von Steuben

Question 24

Pole who aided in the Battle of Saratoga

Answer 24

Thaddeus Kosciusko

Question 25

South Carolina “Swamp Fox”

Answer 25

Francis Marion

Question 26

Street clash on March 5 - 1770

Answer 26

Boston Massacre

Question 27

Battle near Boston - 1775

Answer 27

Battle of Bunker Hill (Actually fought on Breed’s Hill)

Question 28

Colonial major who defected to the British

Answer 28

Major John Andre

Question 29

Federalist Papers (85 essays) author

Answer 29

Alexander Hamilton

Question 30

Battle of Monmouth heroine

Answer 30

Molly Pitcher

Question 31

Patriot spy caught and hanged

Answer 31

Nathan Hale

Question 32

French aide to George Washington

Answer 32

Marquis de lafayette

Question 33

General who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown

Answer 33

Charles Cornwallis

Question 34

Colonial general who defected to the British

Answer 34

Benedict Arnold

Question 35

Treaty that ended the U.S. Revolution

Answer 35

Treaty of Paris