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1. What American Revolutionary War general was called the Swamp Fox?

2. Which of these figures in the American Revolution was not born on January 1?

3. What treaty ended the war of the American Revolution?

4. What was the first major American victory in the Revolutionary War?

5. Which intellectual movement is associated with the American Revolution?

6. What animal appears on the Revolutionary War flag with the legend "Don’t tread on me"?

7. What are the leaders of the American Revolution called?

8. Which of these was a figure in the American Revolution?

9. How many British colonies formed the United States of America?

10. Which battles marked the beginning of the American Revolution?

11. Which organization was formed in the American colonies to oppose the Stamp Act in 1765?

12. Which battle ended military operations in the American Revolution?

13. Who was the commander in chief of the colonial armies in the American Revolution?

14. Which American military officer switched sides and fought for the British during the American Revolution, making his name an epithet for a traitor in the United States?

15. What was the name given to the American colonists who supported Great Britain during the American Revolution?

16. Which document announced the separation of the 13 North American colonies from Great Britain?

17. In which year was the Stamp Act, the first British parliamentary attempt to raise revenue through direct taxation of all colonial commercial and legal papers, newspapers, pamphlets, cards, almanacs, and dice, issued?

18. Where did the First Continental Congress take place?

19. The Intolerable Acts enacted for colonial America were comprised of how many acts?

20. What is another name for the American Revolution?

21. Where was the historic Battle of Bunker Hill fought?

22. Under Ethan Allen, which fort did the Green Mountain Boys capture in 1775?

23. Which American Revolution folk hero was immortalized in an epic poem by Longfellow that told of his famous midnight ride in 1775?

24. Which organization was created by Benjamin Tallmadge for the Continental Army?

25. Which American scout, wearing male clothing, was known as "Mad Ann" and served in the war as a messenger and spy?

26. Which American war heroine is said to have saved General George Washington’s army from a British attack?

27. Who was the secretary to the American commissioners in France and spied on them for the British?

28. Which act, stating that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain, was passed after the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1766?

29. Which American Indian chief served as a British military officer during the American Revolution?

30. Who was the first person to sign the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

31. Who was the British-American writer whose political pamphlet "Common Sense" influenced the American Revolution?

32. Who was the commander-in-chief of the British army in North America from 1776 to 1778?

33. During which session of the Continental Congress was the Continental Army organized?

34. Which incident took place at Boston Harbor in protest against the British for taxation without representation?

35. What did German officer Baron von Steuben teach American soldiers during the American revolution?

36. Which French general helped the American Revolution by defeating the British at Yorktown in 1781?

37. Who served for four years as an aide-de-camp to George Washington?

38. When were the Articles of Confederation adopted by the Congress?

39. Which convention was held in Philadelphia in 1787, presumably with the original goal of amending the Articles of Confederation?

40. Which American Revolutionary officer was hanged in 1776 for spying on the British?

41. Which organization was formed in May 1783 by officers who had served in the American Revolution?

42. What is the name of the armed rebellion of 1786–87 that occurred in Massachusetts and was in response to the stringent economic conditions?

43. Which American statesman is known as the "Penman of the Revolution"?

44. What was the name of the committees appointed by the legislature in the 13 British American colonies to provide colonial leadership and aid intercolonial cooperation?

45. During which incident in Massachusetts did British soldiers fire into a crowd, killing five people?

46. Under which of the Intolerable Acts were the colonists required to house British soldiers?

47. What is the name of the colonial militiamen known to be ready for military duty “at a minute’s warning”?

48. Where did General George Washington and his army spend the winter of 1777-1778?

49. Which European nation provided significant military support to the Americans during the Revolutionary War?

50. Who wrote the book "A Summary View of the Rights of British America," published in 1774?

51. In which year did the United States issue the Declaration of Independence?

52. Which French general fought in the Continental Army with the American colonists against the British, and developed a surrogate father-son relationship with George Washington?

53. Which American naval officer, during an naval engagement with the British, said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"?

54. Which American Revolution military leader is known for capturing Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes?

55. Which leader of the Massachusetts “radicals” was against the taxing colonists by the British Parliament and also probably helped in the planning of the Boston Tea Party?

56. Which British general was defeated by American forces in the Saratoga campaign of 1777?

57. Who said the famous quote, “Give me liberty or give me death!”?

58. Who was the commander of the first French fleet sent to support the American colonists during the American Revolution?