Understanding the American Revolution Quiz Quiz Questions

1. Where was “the shot heard ’round the world” fired?

A Lexington B Glastonbury C Concord D Bennington

2. Paul Revere’s “midnight ride” to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord of the approach of British troops was immortalized by which poet?

A James Russell Lowell B John Greenleaf Whittier C Henry Wadsworth Longfellow D William Carlos Williams

3. This battle for the heights of Charlestown, Massachusetts, was actually fought mostly on Breed’s Hill.

A Battle of Little Round Top B Battle of Pork Chop Hill C Battle of Primrose Hill D Battle of Bunker Hill

4. Why did the Continental Army have trouble staying up to strength?

A It had trouble for all these reasons. B The individual colonies competed with the Continental Congress to keep men in their militias. C Farmers didn’t like being away from their fields. D The colonists traditionally disliked regular armies.

5. George Washington led troops across the Delaware River on Christmas night in 1776 to surprise a Hessian garrison at which New Jersey town?

A Patterson B Trenton C Newark D Princeton

6. Benedict Arnold is remembered as a traitor for plotting to turn over American forces at West Point to the British, but earlier in the war he had been an American hero.

A True B False

7. As captain of the Ranger and the Bonhomme Richard, this American naval hero menaced the coasts of Britain.

A John Bonham B John George Paul C James Earl Jones D John Paul Jones

8. Which country or countries joined the United States in the fight against the British during the American Revolution?

A All of these B Netherlands C Spain D France

9. During the American Revolution, Britain was threatened by invasion by France.

A True B False

10. Lord Cornwallis surrendered his forces after the Franco-American siege of which Virginia town in October 1781?

A Yorktown B Fredericksburg C Jamestown D Yorkville