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Which Battle?

100

This battle has the shot heard round the world

Lexington

200

This battle was a surprise attack on December 25, 1776

Trenton

300

This battle is the turning point of the war

Saratoga

400

This was the battle the rebels lost because the British got behind their lines

Bonus: this was the goal they accomplished in that battle. 

Brooklyn

to split the colonies in half

500

In this battle, General Gates pushed back the British

Saratoga

Declaration of Independence

100

This is the date the Declaration of Independence was signed

July 4, 1776

200

This is the main idea of the Declaration of Independence 

All men are created equal

300

This was the last attempt to make peace with the British

Olive Branch Petition

400

This group is supposed to protect the rights of the people

government

500

Name the 4 parts of the Declaration of Independence

Preamble

Declaration of Rights

List of Grievances 

Resolution

Help from Foreigners

100

These were people who were hired by British as paid soldiers

mercenaries or Hessians

200

The British asked for help from this group of people in the South

slaves

300

This person helped train the American army in Valley Forge

Frederich Von Steuben

400

This person came to help fight on his own and later convinced his country to help support the rebels

Marquis de Lafayette

500

This person saved many people during the Battle of Brooklyn. (He was really American but claimed a title from Scotland)

Lord Stirling

Famous People

100

I am the leader of the Continental Army

George Washington

200

I wrote Common Sense, the pamphlet that encouraged the colonists to ___________________

Thomas Paine

300

This person switched sides because he felt he was not treated well by the rebels

Benedict Arnold

400

This person was the ammunitions expert and helped capture weapons from Fort Ticonderoga

Henry Knox

500

I am the leader who surrendered to the Americans

Lord Cornwallis

Miscellaneous

100

2 Names for the British

Tories, Loyalists or Red Coats

200

The Revolutionary War officially ends when this treaty is signed

Treaty of Paris

300

During this meeting, George Washington was chosen as the head of the Continental Army in this city _______________

Second Continental Congress, Philadelphia 

400

This Battle was a moral victory

Bunker Hill

500

These were the 2 goals in the Battle of Lexington and Concord for the British

To capture the leaders and get the colonists' weapons.