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Where did Washington spend a cold,
harsh winter?
a. Trenton
b. Valley Forge
c. New York
d. Philadelphia
Pittsburgh grew up in the area around
what fort?
a. Lake Erie
b. Delaware River
c. Fort Pitt
d. Fort Necessity
In what year did the British and the
Americans sign the Treaty of Paris?
a. 1776
b. 1777
c. 1783
d. 1793
A regiment is part of a?
When the colonies had their first
Continental Congress, Pennsylvania
sent?
a. 7 representatives
b. 7 acts
c. 7 declarations
d. 700 dollars
After what battle did British General
Cornwallis surrender?
In 1814, Absalom Jones and Richard
Allen gathered citizens to defend?
a. Philadelphia
b. Washington, DC
c. New York
d. Erie
At first, George Washington’s army
was?
a. small and poorly trained
b. larger than the British army
c. better trained that the British army
d. made up of Hessians
In 1778, the American army received
help from?
a. Germany
b. Mexico
c. France
d. Spain
Patriots were?
a. loyal to England
b. British soldiers
c. In favor of high taxes
d. Against the unfair control of the
colonies
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army
battle
treaty
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The Whiskey Rebellion took place
because farmers were angry about?
a. a British Tax on whiskey
b. a United States tax on whiskey
c. a law about drinking alcohol
As a result of the Second Continental
Congress?
a. the Stamp Act was repealed
b. the Declaration of Independence
was written
c. the Townshend Acts were
repealed
d. fighting broke out in Lexington
and Concord
A meeting people have to discuss
ideas or problems is?
a. government
b. congress
c. declaration
d. petition
Great Britain tried to raise money in
the American colonies by?
a. extra work
b. stamps
c. new taxes
d. land
Philadelphia was the capital of the
United States until?
a. 1771
b. 1800
c. 1856
d. 1900
In 1777, British troops captured?
Oliver Hazard Perry defeated the
British on?
a. Lake Erie
b. Lake Superior
c. Lake Huron
d. Lake Michigan
Pennsylvania played an important part
in the Revolutionary War, and was
sometimes called the?
a. Keystone State
b. Revolutionary State
c. Regiment State
d. Frontier State
At the Constitution Convention,
Benjamin Franklin led the group from?
a. New York
b. Pennsylvania
c. Virginia
d. Massachusetts
When our country’s constitution was
written the United States had?
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d.
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b.
c.
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York
Lancaster
Trenton
Philadelphia
7 states
13 states
24 states
50 states
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Give two reasons why the colonists
Why did Washington choose to have
were angry with the Stamp Act and the his troops spend the winter at Valley
Townshend Act.
Forge?
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How did the state of Pennsylvania get
more people to move into western
Pennsylvania?
Why did the United States join the war
between France and Great Britain in
1812?
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List 3 ways that Pennsylvania helped
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