People
American Revolution
Miscellaneous
Terms
War Terms
Fighting and Strategies
100
He was elected first President of the United States.
Who was George Washington?
100
The two countries who fought one another in the American Revolution.
What were Britain and America?
100
Men who use skill to make things
What were craftsmen?
100
A lost battle is called this.
What is a defeat
100
Ways of fighting by the American soldiers that they learned from the Indians.
What was hiding behind trees and earth forts they had made?
200
They were American colonists in favor of the American Revolution.
Who were the Patriots?
200
The country that won most of the battles in the first two years of the American Revolution
What was Great Britain?
200
Stirred up people's feelings
What is excited?
200
Declared that an enemy had won and that fighting could stop
What is surrendered?
200
This battle stopped the British plans to end the war quickly.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
300
A military officer from France who idolized General Washington was asked to join Washington in leading American troops.
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
300
The war that was the turning point of the American Revolution
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
300
Getting in between or separating is this.
What is cutting off?
300
A signed agreement between countries
What is a treaty?
300
Where the American soldiers stayed in the winter of 1777-1778 and many died
What was Valley Forge?
400
He said "These are the times that try men's souls."
Who was Thomas Paine?
400
The country that won the American Revolution
What is America?
400
A fleet is known as this.
What is a group of ships?
400
Soldiers captured by the enemy and held until the war is over
What are prisoners of war?
400
After the battle of Saratoga, this country signed an alliance with the Americans.
What was France?
500
A Prussian general who had written a training manual, he helped General Washington train his troops at Valley Forge.
Who was Baron von Steuben?
500
The place where the British surrendered
What was Yorktown?
500
Had fewer people on their side meant that they were __________.
What is outnumbered?
500
Large fights between armed forces called __________.
What are battles?
500
The British realized that more Loyalists lived in this part of America, so after Saratoga the British moved the war there.
What was the South?
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