The American Revolution - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
What kind of "party" was held in Boston Harbor?	Tea	95%
Who wrote the "Declaration of Independence"?	Thomas Jefferson	94%
Who led the Continental Army?	George Washington	93%
Who was the King of Great Britain at the time?	King George III	88%
In what city did the Continental Congress meet?	Philadelphia	82%
What were the British soldiers called? (based on the the color of their uniform)	Redcoats	80%
Whose "midnight ride" warned that the British were coming?	Paul Revere	75%
Who traveled to France to negotiate an alliance?	Ben Franklin	74%
And who was the first person to sign it?	John Hancock	70%
Where were the first battles fought?	Lexington and {Concord}	69%
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?	Thomas Paine	57%
Which American general defected to the British?	Benedict Arnold	54%
Where did the Continental Army spend a damp and miserable winter in 1777–78?	Valley {Forge}	51%
Who said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"	Patrick Henry	44%
Who were the German mercenaries hired by the British?	Hessians	43%
What battle brought us the phrase "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"?	Battle of {Bunker} {Hill}	42%
In what city did Cornwallis surrender?	Yorktown	42%
In what 1770 incident did Crispus Attucks die?	Boston Massacre	41%
What series of battles were considered the turning point of the war?	Battles of Saratoga	27%
What American naval hero said "I have not yet begun to fight!"	John Paul Jones	27%

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