Papers, get your papers
Shots fired
in anger
Stretching it out
Hodge Podge
100
This lawmaker from Virginia was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
A soldier who is paid to fight for a nation other than his own.
What is a mercenary?
100
Also known as a formal complaint.
What is a grievance?
100
This battle was the turning point of the Revolution, located just outside Albany.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
100
Defined as people not in the military.
What are civilians?
200
The author of the pamphlet "The Crisis", which encouraged the low morale of Patriot forces.
Who is Thomas Paine?
200
Washington's forces crossed the Delaware River to attack this group of German mercenaries in Trenton on Christmas in 1776.
Who are the Hessians?
200
Defined as a unit of soldiers on mounted horseback.
What is a cavalry?
200
The "Swamp Fox".
Who is Francis Marion?
200
Signer of the Declaration of Independence, who made sure King George III could read his "autograph".
Who is John Hancock?
300
Alson known as an introduction to a document, as in the Declaration of Independence.
What is a preamble?
300
Washington's forces wintered just outside of Philadelphia in 1777-1778, facing frostbite and hunger.
What is Valley Forge?
300
Defined as hit-and-run fighters.
What is a guerrilla?
300
A French friend of George Washington who aided the Patriot cause by leading troops.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
300
A formal statement of opinon.
What is a sresolution?
400
Author of the pamphlet, "Common Sense", that swayed public opinion in the Americas to support the independence movement.
Who was Thomas Paine?
400
Prussian Baron who taught Patriot forces how to drill and fight.
Who is Freidrich von Steuben?
400
This Patriot General felt Congress undervalued his talents, and became a traitor to the independence cause.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
400
Defined as a armed civilian ships that had their government's permission to attack enemy ships and keep the goods.
What is a privateer?
400
Patriot spy from Connecticut who wished he "had more lives to give in the cause" for liberty.
Who is Nathan Hale?
500
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1782)?
500
The final battle of the war, where Gen. Cornwallis was trapped on a peninsula.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
Leader of Patriot forces on attacks of Ft. Cahokia, Ft. Kaskaskia, and Ft. Vincennes in the Western territories.
Who is George Rogers Clark?
500
Clues: ships, Serapis, "I have not yet begun to fight!!"
Who is John Paul Jones?
500
Spanish governor of Louisiana, who aided the Patriot cause.
Who is Bernardo de Galvez?
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