United StatesQuestion 80 (2025 list) · Colonial period and independence

The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.

  1. aThe Battle of Gettysburg
  2. bThe Battle of New Orleans
  3. cThe Battle of the Alamo
  4. dThe Battle of YorktownCorrect answer

Why?

At the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 the British army surrendered; it was the last major battle of the Revolution. You could also say Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Washington crossing the Delaware, or the Declaration of Independence.

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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.

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