Humanities › History & Culture Check Your Knowledge: The American Revolution Begins Share Flipboard Email The Road to American Independence Introduction A ‘New World’ Discovered The First New World Voyage of Christopher Columbus La Navidad: First European Settlement in the Americas The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus Exploration After Columbus The Man Who Named America The American Indian Slave Trade Check Your Knowledge: A 'New World' Discovered Early Settlement of America The Virginia Colony Essential Facts About Jamestown The Mayflower Compact The Plymouth Colony Check Your Knowledge: Early Settlement The Original 13 British Colonies The Early American Colonial Regions Characteristics of New England Colonies Governments of the Original Thirteen Colonies The Original 13 US States Quick Chart of the Thirteen Original Colonies Check Your Knowledge: Original 13 Colonies Dissent Turns to Revolution The Root Causes of the American Revolution The Albany Plan of Union The Boston Massacre Currency Act of 1764 The Stamp Act of 1765 Who Were the Sons of Liberty? The Boston Tea Party The Intolerable Acts Check Your Knowledge: Dissent Turns to Revolution The American Revolution Begins The Battles of Lexington and Concord The Siege of Boston Battle of Yorktown The Treaty of Paris 1783 America's Top Founding Fathers The Declaration of Independence Check Your Knowledge: American Revolution Begins Emanuel Leutze (1816–1868). Washington Crossing the Delaware, 1851, Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain. By ThoughtCo Team Published on June 27, 2018 1. The opening event of the American Revolution was: The Boston Massacre Battle of Yorktown Battles of Lexington & Concord Battle of Bunker Hill Correct Wrong The Battles of Lexington & Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, marked the opening engagements of the American Revolution. British troops rode into Lexington, then pushed onward into Concord. As American troops increased, the British decided to retreat, but not before 73 British troops and 49 American troops were killed. 2. Which document formally ended the American Revolution? Treaty of Paris (1783) The Quebec Act (1774) The Declaration of Independence (1776) Common Sense (1776) Correct Wrong The Treaty of Paris, signed in 1783, formally ended the American Revolution and marked the start of American independence. It was negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, with input from U.S. ally France. 3. Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence? Alexander Hamilton Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson John Adams Correct Wrong In 1776, Congress appointed a "Committee of Five" (which included Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin) to pen a formal Declaration of Independence to be sent to the British Crown. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft. Check Your Knowledge: The American Revolution Begins You got: % Correct. Nice try! Review these resources to improve your score: The Battles of Lexington and Concord America's Top Founding Fathers The Treaty of Paris of 1783 A Brief History of the Declaration of Independence Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email Check Your Knowledge: The American Revolution Begins You got: % Correct. Great work! You clearly understand the key events of the American Revolution. Congratulations on finishing this lesson. Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email