Click on the highlighted word in each question to travel to the site on which you will find the answers. If there is no highlighted word, then stay on the page you are presently viewing and search for the answer there. You may have to choose different links within a site to find the answers. It may be helpful to print out a copy of this hunt before you start.
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here to download the
worksheet on which to complete your answers.
PRELUDE TO REVOLUTION - THE CAUSES AND EVENTS
1. What was
signed in 1763? By whom was it
signed?
2.
What did it say? (try to use your
own words to explain)
3. When was the
Sugar Act passed? (Be sure to use
the link highlighted in this question to find the answer, as it provides the
answer to numbers 4-7 as well)
4. What was passed in 1765? Name 8 items which were taxed.
5. What happened on December 16, 1773?
6. What event happened on March 5, 1770?
7. Describe in your own words what happened on this day.
8.
Who actually hung the two lanterns
in the Old North Church on April 18, 1775?
9. What were the
Intolerable Acts?
10. Name the 4 laws which were passed in this Act.
IMPORTANT PEOPLE OF THE REVOLUTION
11. On what date did
Paul Revere make his historic
ride?
12. Who went with Paul Revere on this ride?
13. On what night of the
week did Revere make this ride?
(the site asks for a birthdate, but you can put any date in and get a correct
day of the week returned)
14. The following quotes came from the time period during the Revolutionary War.
Who said each of them?
"Don’t fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a
war,
let it begin
here."
______________________________
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country".
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BATTLES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
Go to
History Place and fill in the
blanks with the appropriate words:
15. At dawn on April 19 about 70 armed Massachusetts militiamen stand face to
face on Lexington Green with the British advance guard. An unordered '________
____________ _____________ ______ __________' begins the _____________________
__________.
16. After Lexington, where did the British go?
17.
How far
is it from Lexington, Massachusetts to Concord, Massachusetts?
18. What were
the British and American losses
(dead and wounded) at Bunker Hill?
19.
Who was the commander of the
British forces who ordered his troops to destroy the military stores at Concord
in April of 1775?
20. What
Revolutionary War battle was
fought on October 7, 1780?
21. On what date was the
battle of Trenton, NJ fought?
22.
Where was Washington defeated on
September 11, 1777? ______________________________
23. Where was he defeated on October 4, 1777? _________________________________
TRIVIA
24. What was one of the most commonly used (popular)
weapons of the Revolutionary War?
25. What was the most powerful weapon used?
26. Name two other weapons used in the Revolutionary War.
27. What
young woman posed as a man so that
she could serve for the American Army in the War for Independence?
28. What were the names of the two sisters who stole an important message from
British soldiers and carried it to General Greene of the American Army?
29. Name one other woman who aided the cause of the American Army.
INDEPENDENCE!
30.
Who made up the Committee of 5 men
who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Fill in the blanks to complete this sentence from the
Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
______________, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
rights, that among these are __________, ______________ and the pursuit of
___________________.
A NEW NATION
31. On what
date was the Revolutionary War
officially ended? (When did Congress declare an end to the war?)
32. On what
date did Washington deliver his
inaugural address in New York City?
33. Who served as President after Washington?
34. What
events happened on March 4, 1789,
and March 4, 1793? (You will be taken to an Almanac on the
CNN site that shows the year as 1998. Ignore the year, click on the specified
date, and then click on the link for "On This Day" and you will see the events
for that day in history.)
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