Battles
Patriots
British
Other Nations
Miscellaneous
100
First battle of the American Revolution
What is Lexington and Concord?
100
Who led the Continental Army for the Patriots?
Who is Washington?
100
Those colonists supporting the British side were known as ...
What are Loyalists or Tories?
100
This man was an ambassador to France to get support/money for the colonists.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
The main writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
Second battle where British defeated the colonials near Boston.
What is Bunker Hill?
200
A victory of the Patriots. This battle showed the U.S. had a chance to win.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
200
Nickname for the British Soldiers
What are Redcoats or Lobsterbacks?
200
After this battle, the French were willing to get involved to help the Patriots.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
200
This group of people would argue African Americans had the right to be free.
Who are abolitionists?
300
Third battle was a siege of what city.
What is Boston?
300
These two reasons made it hard for the Patriots to pay for the war.
What are prices going up and Continental currency losing value?
300
This man switched from the Patriots to the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
300
Three things France contributed to the war for the Patriots:
What are money, supplies, and troops?
300
The meaning of retreat.
What is to pull back or fall back?
400
Another battle was in this famous city which the British won. The name of the city and the name of the colony are the same.
What is New York?
400
Three hardships people at home faced during the war.
What are losing loved ones, costs of goods going up, and fewer goods to buy.
400
British general that surrendered to Washington.
Who is Cornwallis?
400
This group of people were paid soldiers to fight for the British. What were they called and what country?
Who are Hessians and Germany?
400
What river did Washington and his troops cross on Christmas Night 1776 to take the Hessians by surprise?
What is the Delaware River?
500
The battle where the British surrender to the Patriots.
What is Yorktown?
500
The Patriots could not win the war without help from other countries for these two reasons.
What are Britain having more troops and more money?
500
British surrendered at Yorktown for this reason.
What is they were surrounded by the French navy and French/Washington troops?
500
This document officially ended the Revolutionary War. Also, name what the U.S. gained in Article 2 of this document.
What is the Treaty of Paris? What is a larger area of land to the Mississippi?
500
The ideals of the Declaration of Independence that were not given to enslaved African Americans.
What are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
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