American Revolution Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Questions - Answers

1. Who was the commander in chief of the First Continental Army?
George Washington

2. Who was the British king during the American Revolution?
King George III

3. What Revolutionary figure later became the 2nd President of the United States?
John Adams

4. Who defended the British soldiers in their Boston Massacre trial?
John Adams

5. Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson

6. What was Thomas Paine famous for writing?
Common Sense

7. Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine

8. Who wrote "These are the times that try men's souls?"
Thomas Paine

9. Name a group of revolutionary activists.
Sons of Liberty

10. What silversmith was immortalized in a poem by Longfellow?
Paul Revere

11. Who led the Green Mountain Boys?
Ethan Allen

12. Who said, "I have not yet begun to fight?"
John Paul Jones

13. What act...
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