Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! A Revolutionary War Quiz

Who was the leader of the American Continental army who went on to become the first president of the United States?

George Washington

Theodore Roosevelt

Martin Van Buren

What happened at the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773?

A group of British and Americans got together for tea and crumpets

A group of American protestors dumped British tea into Boston Harbor

A group British lords and ladies handed out free packets of tea to Bostonians

Whose historic midnight ride of 1775 was immortalized in a famous 1863 Henry Wordsworth Longfellow poem?

Samuel Adams

Paul Revere

Thomas Jefferson

What famous document did the Second Continental Congress adopt on July 4, 1776?

The Declaration of Independence

The Magna Carta

The Philadelphia Document

Which battle marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War?

Battle of Trafalgar

Battle of Saratoga

Battle of Lexington

Crispus Attucks was one of the five men killed at what event?

The Boston Garden Show

The Boston Massacre

The Boston Tea Party

Which former colonial war hero switched allegiances in the middle of the war after he was found guilty of treason?

Benedict Arnold

George Lewis

Ethan Allen

After demoralizing defeats in the fall of 1777, where did Washington set up winter quarters to rest his weary troops?

Falls Church, Virginia

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Saratoga, New York

What river did George Washington cross when he led his surprise attack on British troops on Christmas Day, 1776?

The Mississippi

The Delaware

The Snake

What was the name of the treaty that marked the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783?

The Treaty of New York

The Treaty of Paris

The Treaty of London