Who am I?
I stitched the first American flag with Stars and Stripes
Betsy Ross
I was a black patriot killed at the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
The continental army spent a hard winter here
Valley Forge
They said "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
Nathan Hale
The men prepared to fight at a minute's notice were called frontiersmen
False;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 leader of the British Army who surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war
General Cornwallis
Americans proved they were hard to beat here
Bunker Hill
Paul Revere
American colonists sometimes called the British soldiers "redcoats" or "the king's crabs"
False;lobster-backs
Tell one important fact about the Stamp Act
All newspapers, marriage certificates, and other documents bought by the colonists had to have a seal or stamp on them. Each stamp or seal was a tax the colonists had to pay
I was a brave American spy who was killed by the British
Nathan Hale
Congress chose me to be the supreme commander of the American Troops
George Washington
The British surrendered to the Americans here
Yorktown
They said "We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or to die"
George Washington
A part of the ocean that reaches into the land, generally with a narrower opening than a bay
Gulf
Tell one important fact about the Declaration of Independence
This document clearly stated for the world the reasons why the American colonists wanted their independence. It was signed on July 4, 1776. Riders rushed copies to each of the thirteen colonies. In Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell was rung to call the people together
I was a famous American silversmith and patriot
General Cornwallis
I was the king of England during the time of the American War for Independence
George III
The first battle of the war started here
Lexington and Concord
American colonists who remained loyal to the king of England were called Tories
True
An inland body of water that is usually fresh
Lake
Tell one important fact about the Boston Tea Party
British taxes had all been removed except the tax on tea. In Boston, colonists (dressed as Indians) boarded British ships and dumped the tea into the harbor to protest the tax on tea
My men and I captured Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
The hessians were defeated here on Christmas
Trenton
They said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
American colonists who wanted independence from England were called loyalists
False; patriots
Land deposited at the mouth of a river
Delta
By capturing three forts on the frontier, my men and I secured the Northwest Territory for America
George Rogers Clark
The battle at this place was the turning point of the war
Saratoga
They said "I have not yet begun to fight"
John Paul Jones
The German soldiers hired by the king to fight the Americans were called Hessians
True
A deep, narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water
Channel