People
This Odawa chief rose against the British army after the conclusion of the French and Indian War
Who is Pontiac?
Immediately after the surprise attack on Trenton, the Patriots won this important victory at a college town
What is the Battle of Princeton?
Daniel Boone led a group through this mountain pass in 1775
What is the Cumberland Gap?
Elias Boudinot called this immigrant Patriot a “Crack Brain Zealot for Democracy”
Who is Thomas Paine?
The French and Indian War was part of this larger global conflict
The Seven Year's War
The French foreign minister agreed to ally with the United Colonies was named Charles Gravier, but he is more commonly called this
The Comte de Vergennes
This British victory was the only battle to contain the names of two different alcoholic beverages
What is the Battle of Brandywine?
The Monongahela and Allegheny rivers combine in western Pennsylvania to form this river
What is the Ohio?
A teenage Patriot girl said the following about what figure: “Ha! If I had the [him] here, what a pleasure it would be to cut open his body, tear out his heart, fry it over these coals, and eat it!”
Who is King George III?
A later name for this fort was Fort Pitt
What is Fort Duquesne?
Among other literature, this enslaved woman wrote a famous poem entitled “His Excellency General Washington”
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
The Patriot victory in this battle sent thousands of prisoners to the Albemarle Barracks
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This is the elevated peninsula that Paul Revere accessed via the Charles River, and it also hosted the Battle of Bunker Hill
What is Charlestown?
A visitor to what colony said of the people there, “[they] walk the straight path to hell”
Carolina
Pope’s Day was a raucous holiday in the colonies, but in England they called it this
What is Guy Fawkes Day?
A slew of British taxes in 1767 drew their name from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose full name was this
Who is Charles Townshend?
After this Pennsylvania battle, Washington retired his troops to Valley Forge
What is the Battle of Germantown?
Bountiful in timber, John Paul Jones led a raid on this non-rebellious colony in 1776
What is Nova Scotia?
This Founding Father said, “The Declaration I always considered a Theatrical Show.”
Who is John Adams?
We often call them the Iroquois, but the Six Nations called themselves this
Who are the Haudenosaunee?
Sometimes called the “Paul Revere of the South,” this Charlottesville resident enabled Governor Thomas Jefferson to escape Monticello before the British could capture him
Who is Jack Jouett?
In this 1775 failed American assault, Benedict Arnold received a serious wound to his leg
What is the Battle of Quebec?
This New York fort hosted treaty negotiations in 1768 between the Iroquois and British, in which the Iroquois gave up claims to Kentucky
What is Fort Stanwix?
This colorful Patriot general summed up the Continental Army like so: “We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again”
Nathaniel Greene
Present-day history prefers the term “Patriots and Loyalists,” but the men of the day might have used these two terms derived from British politics
What are Whigs and Tories?