People
Patriot turned Loyalist who received secret messages from his wife to weaken West Point for the British to take over
Benedict Arnold
Battle of Trenton where the Continental Army crossed the Delaware for a surprise attack against the Hessians happened on what day?
Christmas
Declaration of Independence
Protection from Search and Seizure
4th Amendment
The names of the German soldiers hire by Great Britian
Hessians
Author of the Declaration of Independence, ambassador to France, Secretary of State, Vice President, and United States President.
Thomas Jefferson
This is where the Continental Army received its formal military training for the first time
Valley Forge
Sets up the United States Government; Supreme Law of the Land
Constitution
Freedom of Speech, Petition, Religion, Assembly, Press
1st Amendment
The battle that convinced the France to help the colonists
Saratoga
First Secretary of Treasury after being Washington's right hand man during the Revolutionary War
Alexander Hamilton
The final battle of the American Revolution
Yorktown
Ended the American Revolution in France 2 years after the war ended
Treaty of Paris of 1783
8th Amendment
Someone who is paid to fight for someone else
mercenary
Active anti-federalist who refused to sign the Constitution and vice president under Madison
Elbridge Gerry
Invisible ink, code, secret messages in buttons, and clothes line messages were all used by who
Spies
First ten amendments of the Constitution
Bill of Rights
Protection from Quartering Troops
3rd Amendment
The person who convinced the French king to help the colonists even after defying orders and going to America to fight alongside the Continental Army
Marquis de Lafayette
Enslaved women who learned to read and write from her owners. She wrote many poems about the Patriot cause that allowed her to meet George Washington
Phillis Wheatley
Why did the Quakers not participate in the war?
They don't believe in participating in violence
First attempt by colonists to set up a state run government that ultimately failed
Articles of Confederation
6th Amendment
Battle where the Continental Army surprise attack the Germans and the Germans lost
Trenton