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Tom Paine, author of Common Sense, wrote that the American [strategy] would be like a game of _______: "We can move out of one square and to let you come in in order that we may afterwards take two or three for one."
Checkers
General Washington's plan for winning the war could be summed up this way: Keep the Continental Army ___________.
Keep the Continental Army MOVING
This person disguised herself as a man in order to fight in the Continental Army.
Deborah Sampson
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
Washington famously crossed this river to surprise attack Hessian mercenaries at Trenton, New Jersey.
Delaware River
This patriot said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Nathan Hale
Washington planned a surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries in Trenton, New Jersey on what day?
Christmas Day 1776
This general camped the Continental Army in Valley Forge in the winter.
George Washington
When was the Battle of Saratoga?
1777
Instead of going to Saratoga, General Howe went to this city first because he thought it would be an even bigger blow to American spirits.
Philadelphia
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The British shifted the battle ________ thinking the Continental Army would be squeezed between their forces there and other armies in the North.
SOUTH
This person's name is a synonym for traitor.
Benedict Arnold
When did the Continental Army camp in Valley Forge?
1778
Which country became America's ally after the Battle of Saratoga?
France
John Paul Jones, commander of the Bonhomme Richard, said in reply to a British Commander demanding their surrender, "I have not yet begun to ________."
"I have not yet begun to FIGHT."
Which state did the British capture and control within a year?
Georgia
This general surrendered in Yorktown.
Cornwallis
How much time had passed since the "short heard round the world" and the last battle of the American Revolution?
6 years
1775-1781
Where was the final battle of the American Revolution?
Yorktown, VA
* DOUBLE POINTS * We hold these _______ to be self-evident, that all men are created _______, that they are endowed by their Creator with unalienable ________ that among these are ______, ________, and the pursuit of ________________.
We hold these TRUTHS to be self-evident, that all men are created EQUAL, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable RIGHTS that among these are LIFE, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of HAPPINESS.
Washington was relying on the __(1)__ __(2)__ to get to Yorktown to keep the British navy from helping Cornwallis.
FRENCH FLEET
*TRIPLE POINTS* Name all of the British Generals involved in Saratoga.
General Burgoyne
General Howe
General St. Leger
What year did the British surrender at Yorktown?
1781
How many black slaves fought in the Continental Army?
5,000