Famous Americans
Famous Battles
Documents and Speeches
Vocabulary
Famous Locations
100

I am an American who is known for his famous ride

Who is Paul Revere

100
This battle was the "Shot heard 'round the world".

What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord?

100

This famous document declared freedom from Great Britain.

What is the Declaration of Independence.

100

Volunteer soldiers who are ready at a moments notice are known by this name.

What are minutemen?

100

The place where the firsts shots of the Revolutionary War were fired.

What is Lexington?

200

I am an American who helped write the Declaration of Independence and was the 3rd President of the United States.

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

200

This was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War.

What is the Battle of Yorktown?

200

Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet.

What is "Common Sense"?

200

To refuse to do business or have contact with the British goods was known as a________.

What is a boycott?

200

This is a city where a "massacre" occurred, as well as a famous tea party.

What is Boston?

300

I am an American who was the leader of the Continental Army.

Who is George Washington?

300
American's realized that they could defeat a large British force at this turning point in the war.

What was the Battle of Saratoga?

300

In the Declaration of Independence, what truths are "Self-Evident"?

What is "all men are created equal", 

OR

Life, liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

300

This is what "the people" should do if a government does not protect their rights.

What is "alter or abolish it".

300

This is the city where the Declaration of Independence was written and signed.

What is Philadelphia?

400

I was the King of England during the American Revolution.

Who was King George III.

400

This battle is where the Americans surprised the Hessians on Christmas Day.

What is the Battle of Trenton?

400

Who said, "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!"

Who is Patrick Henry?

400

This is a group of male colonists who organized themselves to protest against the British government.

What is "The Sons of Liberty"?

400

This is the river that Washington crossed in the winter of 1776.

What is the Delaware River?

500

I am an American who lived in Philadelphia, wore bifocals and went to Paris to help create the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War.

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

500

The Battle of Saratoga led to aid from these two foreign countries.

What are France and Spain?

500

This is the name of the Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the United States as an independent nation.

What was the Treaty of Paris?

500

This word means a "friend" who promises to protect you when you are attacked?

What is an ally?

500

This is where General Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans.

What is Yorktown?

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