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This man was the General in Chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
These two battles convinced the British that militia could indeed stand up to professional European soldiers.
What are Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This rhyming 4-word phrase summarizes one of the central causes of the American Revolution.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
This is the year that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
This document begins with the following lines: “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.”
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This man was the first British general fired for not winning the war.
Who is General Thomas Gage?
One of the key turning points in the war, this battle in upstate New York was a major factor in securing French help and also represented the greatest British disaster in North American since General Braddock's defeat.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
After this battle, war was inevitable. It's also the battle where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This was the year that the Battle of Yorktown took place.
What is 1781?
This was the man who led the training effort at Valley Forge, producing Washington's New Model Army (he spoke mostly German).
Who is Baron von Steuben?
This man succeeded General Howe as the leader of the British army in North America.
Who is General Sir Henry Clinton?
What is Washington's crossing the Delaware and capturing Trenton?
Following the Tea Party, these acts were meant to punish Boston and convince other colonies not to follow Boston's lead. Instead, the other colonies rallied around Boston, resulting in the calling of the First Continental Congress in 1774.
What are the "coercive acts"?
This was the year that the British surrendered at Saratoga.
What is 1777?
These are at least two of the 3 cities we talked about that Britain occupied and then abandoned during the war, taking some loyalists with them as they left.
What are Boston, Philadelphia, and Newport, RI?
Known as "Washington's favorite general," this man achieved in the South what General Washington achieved in the north: driving the British back into a few coastal towns.
Who is General Nathaniel Greene?
This was the final major battle of the American Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This man was one of the founders of the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence that organized resistance to British taxation.
Who is Sam Adams?
This was the winter over which the Continental Army stayed at Valley Forge (name two years, i.e., Dec 17XX to June 17XX).
What is the winter of 1777-1778?
This was the Prime Minister who after the Battle of Yorktown declared "Oh God! It's all over!"
Who is Lord North?
This is the British general in charge of their forces at Yorktown.
Who is General Charles Cornwallis?
This was the battle that marked the start of Britain's "Southern Strategy."
What is the siege of Savannah?
This line completes the quote from Ben Franklin: “...military force sent into America...will not find a rebellion [but] they may indeed _________.”
What is "make one"?
This was the year that the treaty ending the war, the Treaty of Paris, was signed and the United States of American gained their full independence from Britain.
What is 1783?
This man wrote Common Sense and The Crisis, two important pamphlets that helped convince Americans to join in the fight for liberty and continue that fight even through hard times.
Who is Thomas Paine?