Battles
What was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War, fought on June 17, 1775?
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Who was the King of Great Britain during the Revolutionary War?
Who is King George III?
Which country provided crucial military support to the American colonies during the Revolutionary War?
What is France?
Which document did the signers pledge their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor, risking charges of treason?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
In what year was the Treaty of Paris signed, officially ending the Revolutionary War?
What is 1783?
Which battle is known as the turning point of the Revolutionary War, leading to French support for the Americans?
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Who is considered the "Father of the U.S. Navy"? When asked to surrender by the British, he reportedly responded "I have not yet begun to fight"!
Who was John Paul Jones?
Who was the French general who played a crucial role in the American victory at Yorktown?
Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
Who was the American, later British, officer that was a notorious traitor and offered to surrender West Point to the British?
Who is Benedict Arnold?
What was the western boundary of the United States after the Treaty of Paris?
What is the Mississippi River?
In which battle did General Cornwallis surrender to the American and French forces in 1781?
What is the Siege of Yorktown?
What Long Island school teacher reportedly said, "my only regret is that I have but one life to lose for my country", before he was hanged as a spy?
Who was Nathan Hale?
What Prussian officer helped the Continental Army become a more organized, effective, military force during the winter at Valley Forge?
Who was Baron von Steuben?
What British intelligence officer was caught with the treacherous plans to surrender West Point to the British? He was hanged as a spy.
Who was Major John Andre?
Who were the American diplomats that negotiated the Treaty of Paris?
Who are Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay?
Which battle was a surprise attack led by George Washington on Christmas night in 1776?
What is the Battle of Trenton?
How did a young farm girl name Deborah Sampson get accepted into the Continental Army?
What is she disguised herself as a man?
What Polish engineer picked the location for the American defenses at Saratoga?
Who was Thaddeus Kosciusko?
In what town, 60 miles of New York City, did Continental Army officers consider refusing to lay down their arms and march to Philadelphia in a plot to overthrow the Continental Congress?
What is Newburgh?
What country did many loyalists flee to at the end of the war?
What is Canada?
The "shot heard around the world" was fired here, on April 19, 1775.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
What American Lieutenant Colonel led a bayonette charge at the Siege of Yorktown?
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
Who was the Polish cavalry officer who aided the Continental Army? He would die in battle.
Who was Casmir Pulaski?
Who was Benedict Arnold's wife?
Who was Peggy Shippen?
When the Treaty of Paris was approved, what did General Washington do that made King George III call him "the greatest character of the age"?
What was he resigned and returned home?