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1. Persons [change]
What woman is credited with being the 'Voice of the American Revolution'?
(a) Abigail Adams
(b) Martha Washington
(c) Dolley Madison
(d) Betsy Ross
2. Battles [change]
Where was the 'shot heard 'round the world'?
(a) Bunker Hill
(b) Fort Ticonderoga
(c) Independence Hall
(d) Lexington-Concord
3. Persons [change]
What was George Washington's occupation before the War for Independence?
(a) Slave owner
(b) Tobacco farmer
(c) Architect
(d) Rancher4. Persons [change]
Who was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys?
(a) Ethan Allen
(b) George Washington
(c) Nathan Hale
(d) Benedict Arnold5. Persons [change]
Name the hero that lost his life at the end of a British noose and the traitor that is reviled even today?
(a) Patrick Henry and James Monroe
(b) Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold
(c) Nathan Hale and Benedict Arnold
(d) Nathan Hale and Ethan Allen
6. Battles [change]
What British General surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown?
(a) Duke of Wellington
(b) General 'Unconditional Surrender' Grant
(c) General Horatio Nelson
(d) General Cornwallis
7. Persons [change]
Who said of close friend, George Washington, '(He was) first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen'?
(a) James 'The Great Little' Madison
(b) Henry 'Light Horse Harry' Lee
(c) John Adams
(d) Martha Washington8. Persons [change]
Who said to the British, upon near defeat, 'I have not yet begun to fight'?
(a) George Washington
(b) Patrick Henry
(c) Captain John Paul Jones
(d) Benjamn Franklin
9. Independence [change]
What day was the Declaration of Independence written?
(a) April 24, 1777
(b) July 4, 1776
(c) July 2, 1776
(d) May 17, 178110. Constitution [change]
What year was the Constitution of the United States ratified?
(a) 1776
(b) 1789
(c) 1787
(d) 1783
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