I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country
NATHAN HALE
The German soldiers hired by the king to fight the Americans
Hessians
a part of an ocean that reaches into land with a narrower opening than a bay
gulf
Congress choose me to be the supreme commander of the American Troops
George Washington
I was a famous American silversmith and patriot
Paul Revere
We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or to die.
George Washington
American colonists sometimes called the British soldiers" redcoats"
or the king's crabs
land deposited at the mouth of a river
delta
I stitched the first American flag with stars and stripes
Betsy Ross
By capturing three forts on the frontier, my men and i secured the Northwest Territory for America
George Rogers Clark
GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH
PATRICK HENRY
American colonists who wanted independence from England
patriots
an inland body of water that is usually fresh
lake
My men and I captured Fort Ticonderago
Ethan Allen
I was a black patriot killed at the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
The British are coming! The British are coming!
Paul Revere
American colonists who remained loyal to the king of England were called
Tories
a deep, narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
channel
I was the king of England during the time of the American War for Independence
George III
I was the leader of the British army who surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war
General Cornwallis
I have not yet begun to fight!
John Paul Jones
The men prepared to fight at a minutes notice were called
minutemen
where a river begins
source
I was the President of the Second Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
I was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock