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Which patriot was a silversmith and warned the colonists that the British soldiers were coming?
a) George Washington
b) Paul Revere
c) John Hancock
d) Nathan Hale

Who was an American spy that was eventually killed by the British?
a) Ethan Allen
b) Nathan Hale
c) Patrick Henry
d) Benjamin Franklin

Who was the black patriot killed at the Boston Massacre?
a) Crispus Attucks
b) William Dawes
c) General Cornwallis
d) Paul Revere

Where were the Hessians defeated by the Americans on Christmas Day?
a) Philadelphia
b) New York
c) Trenton
d) Washington D.C.

Where was the first battle of the War for Independence?
a) New York
b) Lexington and Concord
c) Valley Forge
d) Yorktown

Who led the Green Mountain Boys and captured Ft. Ticonderoga?
a) Ethan Allen
b) King George III
c) Patrick Henry
d) George Rogers Clark

Where did the British surrender to the Americans?
a) New York
b) Philadelphia
c) Boston
d) Yorktown

The turning point of the War for Independence was where?
a) Ft. Ticonderoga
b) Bunker Hill
c) Saratoga
d) Valley Forge

Where did Washington's men spend a hard winter?
a) Valley Forge
b) Saratoga
c) Atlanta
d) Richmond

Who secured the Northwest Territory for Americans?
a) George Washington
b) George Rogers Clark
c) Daniel Boone
d) Betsy Ross

Where does a river begin?
a) delta
b) source
c) channel
d) island

Where does a river deposit land?
a) source
b) canal
c) lake
d) delta

What is part of the ocean, but reaches into the land with a narrower opening than a bay?
a) lake
b) gulf
c) pond
d) river

What natural narrow body of water connects two large bodies of water?
a) channel
b) river
c) delta
d) source

Who said GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH?
a) Patrick Henry
b) John Paul Jones
c) Nathan Hale
d) George Washington

Who said WE HAVE, THEREFORE, TO RESOLVE TO CONQUER OR DIE
a) George Washington
b) John Paul Jones
c) Paul Revere
d) Crispus Attucks

Why were British soldiers called lobsterbacks?
a) They liked to swim.
b) They crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
c) They wore red coats
d) They had claws for hands.

Who said I REGRET I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO GIVE FOR MY COUNTRY?
a) Nathan Hale
b) Paul Revere
c) John Hancock
d) Betsy Ross

Who said I HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT?
a) George Washington
b) George Rogers Clark
c) John Paul Jones
d) Nathan Hale

What is an inland body of fresh water called?
a) ocean
b) lake
c) delta
d) gulf

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