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1. Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?

2. All of these colonists served on the Declaration of Independence Committee except… • A) Benjamin Franklin • B) Thomas Jefferson • C) John Adams • D) John Hancock

3. Correct $100 Answer... • D) John Hancock

4. An American nicknamed “Molly Pitcher” because she brought the soldiers water during the Revolutionary war was… • A) Mercy Otis Warren • B) Mary Ludwig Hays • C) Mary Slocumb • D) Betsy Ross

5. Correct $200 Answer... • B) Mary Ludwig Hays

6. The 2nd Continental Congress was… • A) a meeting of colonial leaders to deal with the British reaction to Lexington and Concord. • B) to write the Declaration of Independence • C) to make plans for a new flag. • D) to write the Bill of Rights

7. Correct $300 Answer... • A) a meeting of colonial leaders to deal with the British reaction to Lexington and Concord.

8. A Polish officer who came to America to fight with the Continental army. • A) Thomas Paine • B) Tadeusz Kosciuszko • C) Brenda Ziembroski • D) Friedrich von Steuben

9. Correct $500 Answer... • B) Tadeusz Kosciuszko

10. German soldier who helped train the Continental soldiers at Valley Forge. • A) Tadeusz Kosciuszko • B) Peter Salem • C) Friedrich von Steuben • D) Adolf Hitler

11. Correct $1,000 Answer... • C) Friedrich von Steuben

12. Letter sent by the Patriots to King George III asking him to repeal the intolerable acts… • A) The Treaty of Paris • B) The Olive Branch Petition • C) The Declaration of Independence • D) The U.S. Constitution

13. Correct $2,000 Answer... • B) The Olive Branch Petition

14. Person who wrote Common Sense and urged the colonies to break away from England… • A) Thomas Paine • B) Thomas Jefferson • C) Thomas Edison • D) Tomas Holmstrom

15. Correct $4,000 Answer... • A) Thomas Paine

16. Religious group whose members are pacifists and refused to fight in the war… • A) Pilgrims • B) Christians • C) Quakers • D) Redcoats

17. Correct $8,000 Answer... • C) Quakers

18. Person who joined the Continentals at the Battle of Moore’s Creek… • A) Betsy Ross • B) Molly Pitcher • C) Mary Ludwig Hays • D) Mary Slocumb

19. Correct $16,000 Answer... • D) Mary Slocumb

20. Person whose poems supported independence… • A) Phillis Wheatley • B) Thomas Jefferson • C) Thomas Paine • D) Mary Slocumb

21. Correct $32,000 Answer... • A) Phillis Wheatley

22. Agreement between the British and the Americans that officially ended the Revolutionary War in 1783… • A) Olive Branch Petition • B) Treaty of Paris • C) Declaration of Independence • D) The Peace Treaty

23. Correct $64,000 Answer... • B) Treaty of Paris

24. American Revolutionary War victory that led France to support the Americans… • A) Battle of Yorktown • B) Battle of Valley Forge • C) Battle of Bunker Hill • D) Battle of Saratoga

25. Correct $125,000 Answer... • D) Battle of Saratoga

26. Battle that proved the Patriots had won the war and American independence… • A) Battle of Yorktown • B) Battle of Valley Forge • C) Battle of Bunker Hill • D) Battle of Saratoga

27. Correct $250,000 Answer... • A) Battle of Yorktown

28. The President of the 2nd Continental Congress was… • A) Thomas Jefferson • B) John Hancock • C) John Adams • D) Benjamin Franklin

29. Correct $500,000 Answer... • B) John Hancock

30. Free African who fought at the Battle of Concord… • A) Phillis Wheatley • B) Peter Salem • C) Crispus Attucks • D) Denzel Washington

31. Correct $1,000,000 Answer... • B) Peter Salem

32. Congratulations!

33. Be sure to know the following… • 4 parts of the Declaration of Independence and what each included. • The terms of the Treaty of Paris. • Compare and Contrast the Continentals and the British army. • Know your vocabulary words and definitions.