True or False
Following the Declaration of Independence, the overwhelming majority of Americans supported independence
False
Who was the commander of the Continental army?
George Washinton
Where was one of the victories that freed New Jersey from Britain and gave the Patriots renewed hope?
Trenton and Princeton
What is the name of the document that won the colonies their independence and ended the war in 1783?
Treaty of Paris
Where did George Washington's troops spend their most uncomfortable winter?
Valley Forge
The Prohibitory Act cut off British Trade to the colonies and colonial ships were subject to capture
True
Who is the author of Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
Who were two of America's foreign allies?
Double Jeopardy!
France and Canada
What pamphlet helped to convince colonists that America should separate from Britain?
Common Sense
What is another name for Loyalists?
Tories
Hessians were the mercenaries who served American forces
Double Jeopardy!
False; British forces
Who is the leader of the Green Mountain Men?
Ethan Allen
Where was the battle that took one British army out the war and forced them to give up any hope of taking northern colonies?
Saratoga
When was the Declaration of Independence approved by the Continental Congress?
July 4, 1776
Which British officer surrendered to Washington at Yorktown?
Charles Cornwallis
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold lead their men to capture British forts at Fort Ticonderoga and Royal Point.
False; Crown Point
Who was the most famous American naval officer in the War for Independence and defeated British Serapis?
John Paul Jones
Where did the colonists find and defeat British major Ferguson and his 1,000 men?
Kings Mountain, NC
What document was sent to the king by the Second Continental Congress to try to make peace?
The Olive Branch Petition
What did the Patriots' invasion of Canada to capture Quebec result in?
Double Jeopardy!
A failed attack by the Patriots
Henry Knox lead the men who hauled sixty tons of artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston
True
Who is the Patriot army quartermaster who replaced General Gates as leader in the South Double Jeopardy!
Nathanael Greene
Where did the British finally surrender?
Yorktown
George Washington's troops surprised the Hessians in Trenton on what night? (Need the specific date and year)
Christmas night of 1776
Who was the French volunteer that fought with the Americans at Yorktown? Double Jeopardy!
Marquis de Lafayette