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1. Q: How many American Colonies were there that went to war with Great Britain in the American War of Independence?C: 13-------------------------------------2. Q: What year was the Constitution of the United States formulated?D: 1787-------------------------------------3. Q: What year was the Stamp Act crisis?A: 1765-------------------------------------4. Q: "What philosopher stated that all individuals possessed certain ""natural rights""-such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of propery?"B: John Locke-------------------------------------5. Q: Who urged the House of Burgesses to condemn the Stamp Act?C: Patrick Henry-------------------------------------6. Q: Who forcibly prevented the distribution of stamps and forced the resignation of the stamp collectors?D: Sons of Liberty-------------------------------------7. Q: Who came up the the Townshend Acts?A: Charles Townshend-------------------------------------8. Q: What were the Townshend Acts?B: Dutie's on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea-------------------------------------9. Q: Who protested by meeting to spin yarn for cloth and avoid purchasing cloth from British manufacturers?A: Daughters of Liberty-------------------------------------10. Q: "Who said that the British government should: ""Repeal the laws, renounce the right, recall the troops, refund the money, and return to the old method of requisition.""?"B: Benjamin Franklin-------------------------------------11. Q: Who was the governor of Massachusetts in the early 1770s who was for an independent American colonies?D: Thomas Hutchinson-------------------------------------12. Q: What was the incident where British troops fired on a mob, killing five people in Boston, later called?A: Boston Massacre-------------------------------------13. Q: What British customs ship did a Rhode Island mob destroy?A: Gaspee-------------------------------------14. Q: Who helped establish the Committee of Correspondence in the Massachusetts assembly?B: Samuel Adams-------------------------------------15. Q: The Boston Tea Party took place in?C: 1773-------------------------------------16. Q: Who secured the Tea Act to assist the East India Company?D: Lord North-------------------------------------17. Q: What did the patriots disguise themselves as at the Boston Tea Party?B: Native Americans-------------------------------------18. Q: Where was The first Continental Congress held?D: Philadelphia-------------------------------------19. Q: Who warned the colonial militia that British General Gage was coming?C: Paul Revere-------------------------------------20. Q: Where were the first battles between the British army and the colonial militia?B: Lexington and Concord-------------------------------------21. Q: Who wrote Common Sense?A: Thomas Paine-------------------------------------22. Q: Who led the Continental Army?B: George Washington-------------------------------------23. Q: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?C: Thomas Jefferson-------------------------------------24. Q: When did congress order the publication of the Declaration of Independence?C: July 4, 1776-------------------------------------25. Q: What document declared the colonies as the free and independent United States of America.C: Declaration of Independence-------------------------------------26. Q: What European countries did the American Colonies receive crucial aid from?D: Spain and France-------------------------------------27. Q: What was the largest active force the Continental Army ever had at one time?C: 24,000 Troops-------------------------------------28. Q: Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War fought?C: Yorktown-------------------------------------29. Q: Where was the Battle of Bunker Hill?A: Boston-------------------------------------30. Q: Who was the British General at the Battle of Bunker Hill?A: Gage-------------------------------------31. Q: Where was North Carolina Governor Josiah Martin's force defeted by the patriotsD: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge-------------------------------------32. Q: Who led the forces that took Fort Ticonderoga?C: Ethan Allen-------------------------------------33. Q: Who led the Continental Army across the Delaware?B: George Washington-------------------------------------34. Q: What countries troops did Washington defeat at Trenton after crossing the Delaware?A: Germany-------------------------------------35. Q: Where did 2,500 of 11,000 of Washington's troops die from exposure or disease during a winter encampment?D: Valley Forge-------------------------------------36. Q: Where did the patriots receive their first major victory causing British General Burgoyne to surrender?C: Saratoga-------------------------------------37. Q: Who forced General Burgoyne to surrender at Saratoga?B: Horatio Gates-------------------------------------38. Q: What British general defeated Horatio Gates at the Battle of Camden?B: Cornwallis-------------------------------------39. Q: What captain captured the British sloop Drake and the warship Serapis?C: John Paul Jones-------------------------------------40. Q: What treaty concluded the American Revolution?D: Treaty of Paris-------------------------------------41. Q: Who drafted the Articles of Confederation?B: John Dickinson-------------------------------------42. Q: The 1976 Shays' Rebellion led by Daniel Shays was over what major issue?C: debt-------------------------------------43. Q: At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, who proposed the New Jersey Plan?D: William Patterson-------------------------------------44. Q: At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, who proposed the Virginia Plan?A: James Madison-------------------------------------45. Q: At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Virginia Plan proposed?C: A three part national government: house, exectutive, and judiciary-------------------------------------46. Q: What compromise was made to ease representation issues surrounding the population differences of states?B: An upper house with equal representation, a lower based on population-------------------------------------47. Q: At the Constitutional Convention, what percentage of slaves was agreed upon to count towards representation?A: 60%-------------------------------------48. Q: Under the Constitutional Convention of 1787, to limit popular power, the Presendent would be elected by?B: Electoral College-------------------------------------49. Q: Under the Constitutional Convention of 1787, to limit popular power, Senators would be elected by?A: State Legistlature-------------------------------------50. Q: What papers did John Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay write to convince people that states would retain power under the Constitution?C: The Federalist-------------------------------------51. Q: What year was the Constitution finally ratified?D: 1789-------------------------------------52. Q: Who was the first president of the USA?A: George Washington-------------------------------------53. Q: How many states first ratified the Constitution?B: 11-------------------------------------54. Q: Who led the Colonial troops at the Battle of Bunker Hill?C: William Prescott-------------------------------------55. Q: "Who said ""don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes""?"D: William Prescott-------------------------------------56. Q: Who led the Bostonians at the Boston Tea Party?A: Samuel Adams-------------------------------------57. Q: Who became the third President of the United States?B: Thomas Jefferson-------------------------------------58. Q: "What document starts out ""We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...""?"C: Declaration of Independence-------------------------------------59. Q: Who lived at Monticello?D: Thomas Jefferson-------------------------------------Click here for the US Revolutionary War questions
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