Vocab
People
Places
Battles
Miscellaneous
100
A trained soldier hired to fight for one "side" during a war
What is a mercenary
100
someone loyal to England
What is a loyalist
100
where the first battle was
What is Lexington (MA)
100
final battle of the war
What is Yorktown (VA)
100
sewing clothes, making food, bringing water
What is a woman's job during the war
200
a document signed in Paris which gave the colonists freedom from England.
What is a treaty (or Treaty of Paris)
200
colonist who wanted freedom from England.
What is a Patriot
200
Where the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress meetings were held
What is Philadelphia PA
200
Known as the "turning point" in the war
What is Saratoga NY
200
being free to make your own rules and decisions
What is independence
300
to refuse to buy or use services/goods
What is a boycott
300
a person who was ready to fight in a short amount of time.
What is a minuteman
300
Where colonists threw tea in protest of taxes
What is Boston
300
This battlefield was so hot that people died from dehydration.
What is the Battle of Mammoth
300
taxed for goods to make money for England that they lost during the French and Indian War, unfair treatment, angry colonists
What is the "Road to War"
400
men who were not formally trained; simple farmers who believed in freedom from England.
What is the militia
400
President of Congress who was so proud of the Declaration of Independence that he signed it very big.
Who is John Hancock
400
Where the French came from (during Yorktown)
What is the Atlantic Ocean
400
Place where the Green Mountain Boys helped other Patriot fighters.
What is Ft. Ticonderoga
400
General who had a wise strategy to tire out the British and then attack on all sides during the war's last battle.
Who is Greene
500
to speak out against one's country/King
What is treason
500
former slave who was smart, studied hard, and published a poetry book
Who is Phillis Wheatley
500
place where Washington and his troops spent a very cold winter
What is Morristown - NEW JERSEY!
500
German Mercenaries helped Washington's men on Christmas Eve
What is Trenton, NJ
500
freed if they would fight for the British army
What is an African American
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