Wars & Rumors of War Quiz Questions

Wars and Rumors of Wars

 Quiz Questions

1.       During the Revolutionary War, fighting between the colonists and the British occurred on which of these fronts? (e)

a.       The northern front

b.      The southern front

c.       The western frontier

d.      The ocean front

e.      All of the above

2.       Which of these countries did NOT help the colonists during the Revolutionary War with soldiers, money, supplies, and/or experts? (e)

a.       France

b.      Spain

c.       Germany

d.      Poland

e.      Italy

3.       The Revolutionary War started with the battles of _________________________. (Lexington and Concord)

4.       The Revolutionary War ended with the battle of _____________________________.  (Yorktown)

5.       Which British Commander in Chief surrendered after the last battle of the Revolutionary War?  (Cornwallis)

6.       True or False.  The Continental Army led by George Washington won the Revolutionary War mainly because they did mostly guerilla fighting.  (True)

7.       At Winter Quarters which Prussian General taught the patriots formation and European battle strategies?  (Friedrich Von Steuben)

8.       Who was first a great hero then a traitor of the colonists in the Revolutionary War? (Benedict Arnold)

9.       What great war leveled Britain with tremendous debt, becoming the reason Britain began to tax the colonists so heavily, and thus leading to the colonists’ rebellion and eventual war for independence? (French and Indian War)

10.   Name four of the many acts of British Parliament that made the colonists angry and helped to unite the colonists toward independence. (Proclamation of 1763, The Stamp Act, The Sugar Act, The Quartering Act, Writs of Assistance, The Declaratory Acts, The Tea Act, The Townshend Acts).

11.   Name the pantsless general who surrendered to Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys after the battle of Ticonderoga.  (Delaplant)

12.   True or False. According to John Adams, the Boston Massacre really was a massacre of innocent colonists by British soldiers. (False)