What is the name of the Treaty that ended the war and what is the length of time it took to negotiate it?
Treaty of Paris, 2 years
100
What part of the war was particularly brutal?
The Southern part
100
Who was the Continental Army's commander in chief?
George Washington
100
In what battle was there a Colonial loss against the British that started from Breed's Hill?
Battle of Bunker Hill
100
What did the colonists call the British army?
Redcoats
200
What is the year the treaty was finally signed?
1783
200
Who fought against each other as a result of the war in the south? Who were they?
Patriots and the Loyalists
Patriots were colonists that fought for their independence from Britain.
Loyalists were colonists that sided with the British.
200
In 1975 what two Generals led an attack into Canada? One of them is not an egg.
General Richard Montgomery
General Benedict Arnold
200
The Americans earned a Christmas present by winning this important battle?
Battle of Trenton
200
What did the colonists call name the local militia? Why were they given this name?
Minutemen
They were ready to fight in a minute's notice
300
Who had an influential role in the negotiations of the treaty?
Benjamin Franklin
300
What is the style of fighting the Southern Patriots known for?
Guerrilla Warfare
300
Who said "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Nathan Hale
300
What battle was fought on New Year's Eve to make a 14th colony?
Battle of Quebec
300
What was ,Common Sense, and who wrote it?
47 page pamphlet distributed in Philadelphia Jan. 1776. Citizens should make the laws, not kings and queens.
Thomas Paine
400
What did the Treaty of Paris do?
United States independence was recognized, set American borders,
400
Who was the leader of the Southern Patriots also known as the "Swamp fox"?
Francis Marion
400
What incident in April 1775, was forever known as the "shot heard 'round the world."
Battle at Lexington and Concord
400
What was the last major battle of the American Revolution where Cornwallis was trapped?
The Battle of Yorktown
400
What represented the first attempt at a republican government in the colonies in May 1775?
Second Continental Congress
500
What did the a separate treaty do?
returned Florida to Spain, British leaders accepted American rights to settle and trade in the west
500
What was the gathering of colonial leaders at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia called? What colony did not attend?
First Continental Congress
Georgia
500
What happened during the Battle of Trenton?
The patriots took 900 Hessian (mercenaries) prisoners of war on Christmas night.
500
What battle happened in New York and was the turning point in the war?
The Battle of Saratoga
500
What document announced the colonies break from Great Britain? Who wrote it?