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Official question #80US Citizenship Test
The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.
Correct answer
Battle of Yorktown
Also accepted: (Battle of) Bunker Hill · Declaration of Independence · Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton) · (Battle of) Saratoga · Valley Forge (Encampment) · (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
Why
Key events include Bunker Hill (1775), the Declaration of Independence (1776), Washington crossing the Delaware to win at Trenton (1776), Saratoga (1777), the winter at Valley Forge (1777-1778) and the British surrender at Yorktown (1781). Gettysburg and Antietam were Civil War battles.
Answer choices
- ABattle of Gettysburg
- BBattle of Yorktown
- CBombing of Pearl Harbor
- DBattle of Antietam