USA History Quiz: Can You Answer These American Revolution Questions?

Explanation: 1777-78 winter 2,500 froze/starved (2,000 died). Baron von Steuben drilled ragged troops Prussian style. Washington prayed in snow per legend. Emerged professional army.

Explanation: Longfellow poem famous Revere but Prescott reached Concord. "One if by land, two if by sea" lantern signal Old North Church. British regulars marched 18 miles.

Explanation: Washington crossed icy Delaware December 25 capturing 1,000 Hessians asleep hungover. Saved flagging morale before enlistments expired. Painted by Leutze.

Explanation: Washington crossed icy Delaware December 25 capturing 1,000 Hessians asleep hungover. Saved flagging morale before enlistments expired. Painted by Leutze.

Explanation: Polish Jew loaned $650,000 ($21M today) never repaid. Caught spying British, whipped/escaped. Financier of independence.

Explanation: Required stamps on all paper—newspapers, licenses, diplomas. "No taxation without representation!" Sons of Liberty burned tax collectors. Repealed 1766 but Declaratory Act claimed Parliament's right.

Explanation: Crispus Attucks first killed when British troops fired on snowballs/stones crowd. Paul Revere engraved propaganda poster. John Adams defended soldiers winning acquittals.​

Explanation: 19-year-old arrived 1777 unpaid volunteer. Fought Brandywine, Valley Forge, Yorktown. Hero in France sparking revolution. Washington called him "son." Statue in NYC.

Explanation: Britain recognized USA independence from Atlantic to Mississippi. Florida returned Spain. Ben Franklin/John Adams negotiated Paris. King George III signed reluctantly.

Explanation: Shawnee chief urged tribes neutrality Point Pleasant 1774. Assassinated by Virginia militia 1777 fearing alliance.

Explanation: British General Burgoyne surrendered 5,800 troops to Americans. Convinced France to ally providing troops/ships. Two battles near upstate NY forested hills. Benedict Arnold's charge key.​

Explanation: French fleet trapped British Chesapeake Bay. Washington/Rochambeau 16,000 besieged 8,000 redcoats. Cornwallis surrendered October 19 ending major fighting.

Explanation: 33-year-old Jefferson drafted in 17 days at Philadelphia's Second Continental Congress. "All men created equal" borrowed from John Locke. Edited by Franklin/Adams, adopted July 4, 1776. 56 men signed risking treason.

Explanation: 33-year-old Jefferson drafted in 17 days at Philadelphia's Second Continental Congress. "All men created equal" borrowed from John Locke. Edited by Franklin/Adams, adopted July 4, 1776. 56 men signed risking treason.

Explanation: Hero at Saratoga plotted 1780 treason for £20,000. Wife Peggy Shippen spy. Escaped to British became brigadier. American name for traitor.

Explanation: Virginia planter appointed June 1775 by Congress. Led 8-year struggle crossing Delaware for Trenton victory. Lost NYC but won Yorktown. Father of country refused king title.​

Explanation: July 1775 loyal plea reconciliation. Washington already fighting. King George III declared rebels traitors hired Hessians.​

Explanation: 1765 forced colonists house/feed 10,000 troops. Violated English Bill of Rights. Sparked Sons of Liberty formation. New York resisted 1766.

Explanation: June 1775 Bunker Hill actually Breed's Hill. 1,500 colonials repulsed British twice killing 1,000 redcoats. Out of powder/ammo third assault won. Moral victory.