Boo on Britain
In short, what are responses to the Olive Branch Petition.
What are "No" and "I'm sending 30,000 Hessians to fight you"?
This general successfully carried out the siege of Boston.
Who is George Washington?
Even after winning at Guilford Courthouse, British General Cornwallis retreated here to await supplies or rescue.
Yorktown, Virginia
George Washington's wife.
Who is Martha?
This British general was forced to retreat close to the coast of the York River to await supplies or rescue.
Who is General Cornwallis?
The one advantage the colonies had at the beginning of the war.
What is knowledge of the geography?
Although GW lost in Long Island, these next two battles encouraged his men to stay and fight.
What are Trenton and Princeton?
This battle ended up being the turning point of the War.
What is Saratoga?
This man came from France to volunteer for George Washington.
Who is the Marquee de Lafayette?
These three men who were with Washington at Valley Forge also led troops in Yorktown.
Who are Hamilton, Lafayette, and von Steuben?
The city where the peace treaty was negotiated and signed.
What is Paris?
Of the three British generals who were to execute the Three-point Plan to divide the colonies in New England, which one made it closest to Albany?
General Burgoyne
This battle sealed the American victory over Great Britain.
What is Yorktown?
This man came from Germany and trained the men at Valley Forge in military discipline.
Who is (seven-named) von Steuben?
This French General joined Washington's secret march to Yorktown to join Nathaniel Greene's army.
Who is Rochambeau?
These two battles were fought before we declared independence.
What are Lexington & Concord and Bunker Hill..
This man captured British forts along the Gulf of Mexico that secured an entry point for supplies to get to the Patriot army from Spain.
Who is Bernardo de Galvez?
This man's sniper attacks and ambushes infuriated and humiliated the British until they learned to fight in similar ways.
Who is Francis Marian or the Swamp Fox?
This trusted officer of George Washington sold plans/maps of West Point to the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
The British underestimated these two things in fighting against the colonies.
The cost of sending so many across the sea and the determination or will of the Patriots to fight on their own land.
The two main reasons war with Britain was unavoidable.
What are tired of taxes and wanting self-governance?
One American general gets most of the credit for the win at Saratoga, but it would not have been a victory without this man's aggressive and inspirational skills on the battlefield.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
The reason that winning this one battle became the turning point in the war.
What is gaining allies and money from France and Spain?
Author of the pamphlet that influenced public opinion favorably toward independence.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Even after the surrender, it took a while to get the British to do this.
What is leave the colonies?