This victory over the Hessians on Christmas night gave the patriots hope that they could defeat the British.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
100
They cooked food, made and mended uniforms, hauled water, wrote poetry and pamphlets, even fought as AND alongside soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
What are women?
100
This document convinced the colonists that they HAD to go to war with England that explained it in words that were easy to understand.
What is Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense"?
100
This German officer trained Washington's Continental army even though he spoke very little English.
Who is Von Steuben?
100
a person who works against his country
What is a traitor?
200
The arrival of the French navy allowed George Washington to defeat the British in this final battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
200
These countries provided money, troops, training and other supplies to help the patriots win the war.
Who are France, Spain and Germany?
200
The Second Continental Congress sent this document to King George as a last attempt asking for the freedom to govern themselves.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
200
This former slave led the struggle to end slavery during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Prince Hall?
200
A soldier from one country paid to fight for another country.
What is a mercenary?
300
This wasn't really a battle, but a victory for the patriots because they chased the British out of this city when George Washington put cannons on the hills above it and the British felt trapped.
What is Boston?
300
This group met in Philadelphia to make one more appeal to King George for freedom AND to form the Continental army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
Signing this document made everyone who autographed it a traitor and endangered their lives.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
This naval officer showed his determination to defeat the British when he responded to the British command to surrender, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
Who is John Paul Jones?
300
Thousands of soldiers died during winter camp here from lack of food, warm clothing and serious diseases.
What is Valley Forge?
400
This victory was said to be the turning point in the war because it showed other countries that the patriots had the courage and determination to beat the British.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
This patriot wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
This document ended the Revolutionary War and created new challenges for the Americans.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
400
This soldier led hundreds of men through chest high swamp water in February to defeat the British at Vincennes.
Who is George Rogers Clark?
400
This group of militia men fought with Ethan Allen to take Fort Ticonderoga.
Who were the Green Mountain Men?
500
A battle fought along Lake Champlain when George Washington claimed the British cannon after this battle, then used it to "trick" the British later.
What is the Battle of Ticonderoga?
500
This country's soldiers defeated the British along the Mississippi River and at important forts in the South?
Who is Spain?
500
The most important statement in this document says that people are born with rights that cannot be taken away.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
This British general surrendered to the Continental army at Yorktown, but pretended to be sick at the official sword surrender.
Who is Cornwallis?
500
Patriots fought together in this group to overcome the British and gain their independence.