1. British Empire
   Empire of Japan
2. French Colonial Empire
   Kingdom of Morocco

The British Empire established its first permanent settlement in the Americas in Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607—and by 1624, it became the first of the North American colonies established by the crown.

1. King George III
   Queen Elizabeth II
2. Queen Victoria
   William the Conqueror

Known as the "mad king who lost America," King George III ruled the British monarchy through the American Revolution. Until Queen Victoria, George III's reign was longer than those of any of his predecessors.

1. 6
   13
2. 34
   50

All 13 American colonies fought for independence from Great Britain—that included Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, Georgia, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York and Rhode Island.

1. American Army
   Colonial Air Defense Artillery
2. Continental Army
   United States Army

The Continental Army, established in 1775, was named after the Second Continental Congress. The first formal military in the colonies, at its peak, the Continental Army swelled to as many as 80,000 soldiers. After the war, the Congress of the Confederation replaced the Continental Army with the United States Army.

1. Bull Run
   Fort Ticonderoga
2. Gettysburg
   Lexington and Concord

Described as "the shot heard 'round the world," the battle between the minutemen and British soldiers began when shots fired on April 19, 1775, at Lexington and Concord. It's never been clear which side fired first.

1. Ethan Allen
   George Washington
2. John Adams
   William Howe

Nominated by John Adams to the Second Continental Congress, George Washington became the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, appointed as general of the Continental forces in June 1775.

1. Lobsterbacks
   Loyalists
2. Patriots
   Tories

Because of their distinctive bright red uniforms and white breeches, the British army, mostly infantrymen, was well-known and easily spotted—and nicknamed the lobsterbacks. Alternatively, most of the Continental army wore civilian clothes.

1. Delaware River
   Hudson River
2. Mississippi River
   Potomac River

It was on Christmas Day 1776 when General George Washington and his men crossed the Delaware River, capturing the soldiers waiting at Trenton. On the heels of this win, the Continental Army went on to defeat the British at Princeton.

1. Homestead Act
   Intolerable Acts
2. Stamp Act
   Tea Act

In an attempt to quell insurgence and encourage obedience to the crown among the colonists, British Parliament retaliated against the Boston Tea Party with a set of five punitive laws known as the Intolerable Acts: Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act and Quebec Act.

1. Colonials
   King's Men
2. Yankees
   Whigs

Colonists rebelling against British rule over the North American colonies went by several nicknames, including Colonials, Continentals, Patriots, Rebels, Revolutionaries, Yankees and Whigs. Those who remained loyal to the monarchy were called King's Men, Loyalists, Royalists and Tories.

1. Bark up the wrong tree
   Let the cat out of the bag
2. See the whites of their eyes
   Throw caution to the wind

"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes," ordered Continental Army colonel William Prescott, who commanded the colonial forces in the Battle of Bunker Hill during the Siege of Boston in June 1775.

1. Annapolis
   Boston
2. Philadelphia
   Washington, D.C.

Two battles—the Battles of Brandywine and of Germantown—were fought over the city of Philadelphia, which was the capital city of the Thirteen Colonies. Founded as long ago as 1565, Philly holds the record as the oldest continuously occupied city in the United States.

1. Crispus Attucks
   King George III
2. Patrick Henry
   Paul Revere

Colonist Crispus Attucks was shot and killed in the Boston Massacre in 1770, a riot which ignited after a crowd of colonists lobbed snowballs and other debris at British soldiers. Attucks is credited as the first casualty of the American Revolution.

1. Bayonet
   Musket
2. Semi-Automatic Long Range Sniper Rifle
   Tomahawk

In addition to firepower that included pistols, muskets and rifles, the revolutionists also used everything from cannons to swords, axes and even tomahawks. Although sniping wasn't unheard of during the American Revolution, the first long-range sniper rifle wasn't invented until the 19th century.

1. First Geneva Convention
   Kyoto Protocol
2. Olive Branch Petition
   Treaty of Versailles

Drawn up by the Continental Congress in July 1775, the Olive Branch Petition was intended to repair the relationship between the colonies and the crown. Although it pledged loyalty to Britain's King George III and was supposed to prevent the impending war, the document failed.

1. Battle of Brandywine
   Battle of Fort Sumter
2. Battle of Saratoga
   Battle of Trenton

From the Battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts to the Siege of Yorktown, the American Revolutionary War was fought up and down the Eastern seaboard. The Battle of Fort Sumter, however, was the first engagement in the American Civil War.

1. American Patriots
   British
2. Native Americans
   It was every man for himself

More than 30,000 German troops known as Hessians were hired out for military service and fought on the side of the British crown. In the end, it was cheaper for the British army to hire them to join the fight than to assemble more troops of their own.

1. China
   France
2. Great Britain
   Japan

In France in February 1778, the Treaty of Amity and Commerce was signed, with France recognizing the United States of America as an independent nation. In addition, a second agreement, the Treaty of Alliance, was signed, creating an alliance between the U.S. and France against the British crown in the American Revolution. France went on to send supplies as well as 12,000 French troops.

1. Delaware
   Georgia
2. Pennsylvania
   Virginia

In September 1774, all of the Thirteen Colonies except Georgia sent delegates to Pennsylvania to discuss punitive laws the British had imposed. The meeting, in Philadelphia, established the First Continental Congress. Georgia at the time was fighting with the Native American population and relied on the crown for military supplies.

1. Battle of Bennington
   Battle of Long Island
2. Battle of Vincennes
   Siege of Boston

When it comes to sheer numbers, as many as 40,000 soldiers fought in the Battle of Long Island—the largest battle of the American Revolution. In the end, about 350 British soldiers were killed, along with 2,200 American Patriots.

1. Delaware
   Pennsylvania
2. Rhode Island
   South Carolina

Although there were battles in all 13 colonies, the majority of the American Revolution was fought in just three: more than 200 clashes happened in New York, New Jersey and South Carolina.

1. 1/4
   1/5
2. 1/10
   All of them

From government leaders to pastors, not all colonists thought the American Revolution was a good idea. Nearly one-fifth of those living in the Thirteen Colonies were Loyalists. Additionally, another one-third of colonists never took sides.

1. Confiscation Acts
   Stamp Act
2. Sugar Act
   Townshend Acts

Acts passed in the 1760s and 1770s, including the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act and the Townshend Acts, among others, led colonists to feel the crown was taxing them without any representation from across the pond. In addition to collecting taxes, events like the Boston Massacre also angered the colonies. The Confiscation Acts, however, were passed during the Civil War.

1. Bahamas
   Ethiopia
2. France
   Germany

Battles—both land and sea—were fought on U.S. soil as well as in the Caribbean, Europe and India. In March 1776, New Providence Island in the Bahamas was captured by the Continental Navy.

1. Death
   A gun
2. A pen
   Tea

"Give me liberty, or give me death!" is attributed to revolutionist Patrick Henry, said during a speech he gave to the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775 at the St. John's Church in Richmond. Henry's speech is believed to have helped swing the balance of the Congress during the vote to deliver troops from Virginia into the Revolutionary War.

1. Battle of Bunker Hill
   Battle of Kings Mountain
2. Battle of Quebec
   Battle of Saratoga

The Battle of Saratoga was not only the first major American victory in the Revolution, it's also considered to be the turning point in the war. More than 10,000 Patriots blocked British general John Burgoyne's troops in New York, leading to the General's surrender.

1. Abigail Adams
   Molly Pitcher
2. Daughters of Liberty
   Thomas Paine

It was Thomas Paine, activist and philosopher, who wrote a short political pamphlet entitled "Common Sense," which laid out the reasons why his fellow Americans should support freedom from the British crown. General George Washington borrowed from the pamphlet in an effort to rally his troops: "These are the times that try men's souls ..."

1. Ann Bates
   Betsy Ross
2. Emily Geiger
   Nathan Hale

A 21-year-old school teacher named Nathan Hale was caught and executed for working as an American spy for the Continental Army. Before his death by hanging, he famously said, "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."

1. Gel ink
   India ink
2. Invisible ink
   Iron gall ink

Usually made from ferrous sulfate (iron) and water, this kind of special ink was used to write secret messages for operatives. And when it came time to decode, the ink could be made visible by holding the paper over a flame.

1. Green Mountain Boys
   Hearts of Oak
2. Overmountain Men
   Pulaski's Legion

Originally, the Green Mountain Boys were a militia formed prior to the Revolutionary War in Southern Vermont. It was they who captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. The Boys would also muster for the War of 1812, the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War. Since World War I, they've been known as the Vermont National Guard.

1. Bill of Rights
   Constitution of the United States
2. Declaration of Independence
   Gettysburg Address

In 1776, the Second Continental Congress met to declare the independence of the United States from the British crown. The document they drafted, and approved on July 4, 1776, begins with the famous quote, "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

1. Abigail Adams
   Betsy Ross
2. Francis Scott Key
   Martha Washington

Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross is credited with making the first American flag in 1776, although it didn't look like ours today. Ross' flag featured 13 red-and-white stripes, which alternated, and 13 five-pointed stars in a circle on a blue background.

1. Benjamin Rush
   Button Gwinnett
2. John Hancock
   Samuel Adams

On July 2, 1776, 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence, written on parchment, with iron gall ink. The first to sign, and the largest of all signatures, was president of the Congress, John Hancock of Massachusetts.

1. Moroccan-American Treaty of Friendship
   Treaty of Ghent
2. Treaty of Paris
   Treaty of Tordesillas

Signed in 1783, the Treaty of Paris acknowledged the United States of America as its own country, independent from Great Britain. It also established the Mississippi River as the new nation's western boundary and the northern border with Canada. The treaty was the official end of the American Revolutionary War.

1. Alexandria
   Fredericksburg
2. Jamestown
   Yorktown

Yorktown, established by the Act for Ports of 1691, was the site of General Cornwallis's surrender to General George Washington, on October 19, 1781. Washington commanded 17,000 Continental and French troops during the battle against 9,000 British troops.