Question | Answer | % Correct |
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What kind of "party" was held in Boston Harbor? | Tea | 95%
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Who wrote the "Declaration of Independence"? | Thomas Jefferson | 94%
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Who led the Continental Army? | George Washington | 93%
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Who was the King of Great Britain at the time? | King George III | 88%
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In what city did the Continental Congress meet? | Philadelphia | 82%
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What were the British soldiers called? (based on the the color of their uniform) | Redcoats | 81%
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Whose "midnight ride" warned that the British were coming? | Paul Revere | 76%
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Who traveled to France to negotiate an alliance? | Ben Franklin | 74%
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And who was the first person to sign it? | John Hancock | 71%
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Where were the first battles fought? | Lexington and {Concord} | 69%
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Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"? | Thomas Paine | 57%
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Which American general defected to the British? | Benedict Arnold | 55%
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Where did the Continental Army spend a damp and miserable winter in 1777–78? | Valley {Forge} | 49%
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Who said "Give me liberty, or give me death!" | Patrick Henry | 45%
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Who were the German mercenaries hired by the British? | Hessians | 43%
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What battle brought us the phrase "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"? | Battle of {Bunker} {Hill} | 41%
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In what city did Cornwallis surrender? | Yorktown | 41%
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In what 1770 incident did Crispus Attucks die? | Boston Massacre | 40%
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What American naval hero said "I have not yet begun to fight!" | John Paul Jones | 28%
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What series of battles were considered the turning point of the war? | Battles of Saratoga | 26%
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