Famous People
He is known as the worst traitor in American history
Benedict Arnold
The disease that spread through out Valley Forge until an innoculation was used
Small pox
A formal agreement between two countries
What is a treaty?
This is the first target of the British. Hint: it's an island near New York City
Long Island
The river Washington crossed on Christmas 1776
The Delaware
They fought to gain freedom from slavery.
Who are black soldiers?
The wife of John Adams. She famously told him to
"remember the ladies".
Who is Abagail?
Baron Von Steuben is credited with introducing this deadly new weapon while working with the soldiers at Valley Forge
Bayonette
The confidence and mood of a group
What is morale?
On Sept. 20, 1776, a quarter of this city burns
New York City
The capital of the United States in 1777
Philadelphia
Most of them were professional or "career soldiers". One motive for fighting was loyalty to the king.
Who are (trained) British soldiers?
He wrote about "summer soldiers" and "sunshine patriots" in his essay, The American Crisis".
Thomas Paine
Percentage of ill men at Valley Forge in February 1778
50%
The overthrowing of a government
What is a revolution?
The location of the sneak attack on the Hessians on Christmas.
What is Trenton
Number of soldiers who died in the American Revolution
25,000
Some fought for the British and some fought for the Americans.
Who are native Americans?
He served as the first Secretary of War and died by accidentally swallowing a chicken bone
Who is Henry Knox?
One of the two years General Washington and his soldiers were at Valley Forge
1777 and 1778
A nation that joins another nation.
What is an ally?
General Washington and his troops surprised which mercenary group in Trenton, New Jersey.
The Hessians
General Burgoyne wanted to capture this city in New York.
Albany
They had many reasons for fighting, but one of them was to weaken Great Britain.
Who are the French soldiers?
The British general who surrendered at Saratoga
Who is General Burgoyne?
Approximately how many soldiers died from illness at Valley Forge?
1,800-2,500
Government by a cruel ruler who has complete power
What is tyranny?
Battle in which General Burgoyne surrendered to the Continental Army.
Saratoga
Native American tribe that worked with General Burgoyne
Iroquois
German mercenaries working for the British.
Who are the Hessians?