🧠 American Revolution Quiz

Jefferson drafted the Declaration in a rented room in Philadelphia, with edits from Franklin, Adams and Congress.

Colonial anger at the Stamp Act fed the rallying cry of 'no taxation without representation'.

France's entry into the war after the American victory at Saratoga brought vital naval power and troops to the American cause.

Cornwallis was trapped at Yorktown by Washington's army on land and the French fleet at sea.

Despite the name, most of the fighting at Bunker Hill took place on nearby Breed's Hill, and the British paid dearly for their win.

Washington's night crossing of the ice-choked Delaware River let his troops catch the Hessian garrison at Trenton by surprise.

Steuben, who spoke little English at first, drilled the troops with the help of translators and famously peppered his instructions with colourful swearing.

Colonists branded Parliament's punitive laws the Intolerable Acts, and the measures helped push the colonies towards the First Continental Congress.

Monmouth was fought in blistering heat, and the tale of Molly Pitcher carrying water and taking over a cannon is linked to it.

At Cowpens, Daniel Morgan's carefully planned lines drew Tarleton's cavalry and infantry into a trap that closed on both flanks.