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Grab Bag
Militia/Regular Army
End of the War
Vocabulary
100
He was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
100
This governing body helped unite the 13 colonies.
What was the Continental Congress?
100

These were Volunteer Soldiers.

Who were the militia?

100
General Cornwallis became trapped at this location in 1781.
What is Yorktown?
100
These soldiers boasted that they could be ready to fight in one minute.
What were minutemen?
200
These soldiers volunteered to fight for their colony.
Who were militia?
200
George Washington crossed this river on Christmas day to attack Hessian troops.
What is the Delaware River?
200

Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point for the Patriots?

What is European Countries will now help

200
This key force allowed the Americans to keep Cornwallis trapped in 1781.
What is the French Navy?
200
This battle outside of Boston ended with an American retreat because they ran out of gun powder.
What is Bunker Hill?
300
This author penned "Common Sense".
Who was Thomas Paine?
300
George Washington and his troops spent a hard winter at this campsite in Pennsylvania.
What is Valley Forge?
300

This Frenchman donated a ship, private army, served in the continental army and gave 100s of thousands of dollars to the continental army

who is Marquis De Laffayette

300
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
This group supported freedom for the colonists and was led by men like Paul Revere.
What were the Sons of Liberty?
400

delegate from Virginia encouraged colonists to fight for independence from Britain in support of the Patriot cause? "Give me Liberty, or Give me death!!"

Who is Patrick Henry

400
After this key battle, the French agreed to become an ally to the colonists.
What was Saratoga?
400

This Prussian General trained the continental army at Valley Forge

Who was Baron Von Stueben

400
The United States received land that extended to these areas in the North, South, and West as a result of the treaty that ended the war.
What is land North to Canada, South to Florida, and West to the Mississippi?
400
A person who supported the cause of freedom was called this.
What is a Patriot?
500
This former British Sea Captain became a hero to the American Navy.
Who was John Paul Jones?
500

This was the name of a document that the 1st Continental Congress drafted, which was a list of 10 resolutions to be presented to King George III.

Declaration of Rights

500

These men were Captured at the Battle of Trenton by George Washington on Christmas

Who were Hessians

500

Name the 3 types of people who were excluded from the principles laid out in the Declaration of Independence.

Who are Women, African Americans, and/or Native Americans?

500

This delegate wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

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