III-1 Part One Quiz

1.

1 point

The act of taking sailors off American ships to serve in the British navy

2.

1 point

The commander of the Continental army

3.

1 point

The second President of the United States

4.

1 point

When French representatives demanded a bribe from American representatives before allowing the Americans to negotiate with the French Foreign Minister

5.

1 point

Colonists who wanted the colonies to be independent from England

6.

1 point

The letter sent by the Congress to King George II asking for a peaceful solution

7.

1 point

A turning point of the war; British army from Quebec was surrounded and forced to surrender

8.

1 point

The place where the Continental army spent the winter of 1777-1778

9.

1 point

Colonial troops who could fight anywhere they were needed in the colonies

10.

1 point

Battle near Boston; first major battle of the Revolutionary War.

11.

1 point

The treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War

12.

1 point

An essay written by Thomas Paine explaining in plain terms why the colonists should be free

13.

1 point

The commander of the British troops in the South

14.

1 point

A Virginia town General Cornwallis and his soldiers were trapped and forced to surrender

15.

1 point

Colonists who remained loyal to the king; also called Tories