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This Founding Father flew a kite during a thunderstorm and later helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris ending the war.
- Thomas Jefferson
- Benjamin Franklin
- John Adams
- Alexander Hamilton
The 1773 protest where colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor occurred in this Massachusetts city.
- Charleston
- Boston
- New York
- Philadelphia
This general who commanded the Continental Army later became the first President of the United States.
- Thomas Jefferson
- John Adams
- James Madison
- George Washington
The famous phrase 'Give me liberty, or give me death!' was spoken by this Virginia delegate in 1775.
- Patrick Henry
- Thomas Paine
- John Hancock
- Samuel Adams
This European nation provided crucial military support to the colonists, sending troops and its navy to help defeat the British.
- Prussia
- France
- Netherlands
- Spain
The "shot heard round the world" refers to the first battles of the war, fought at Lexington and this Massachusetts town in April 1775.
- Plymouth
- Concord
- Salem
- Cambridge
Paul Revere's famous midnight ride warned colonists that soldiers from this country were approaching.
- Britain
- France
- Spain
- Germany
The 1781 surrender of British General Cornwallis at this Virginia town effectively ended the Revolutionary War.
- Richmond
- Williamsburg
- Norfolk
- Yorktown
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