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This military strategist was named the leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
These battles are known as "The Shot Heard 'Round the World"
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
This founding father is credited with the writing of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This event features several patriots dumping large amounts of tea overboard the British ships in Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These two nations assisted colonists in the war by declaring war on Great Britain?
What are Spain and France?
This founding father visited France during the war to gain allies for America
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This country had the strongest Navy, which gave them a significant advantage in the Revolutionary War
What is Great Britain?
During this meeting, Congress appointed a committee of people to write the Declaration of Independence and the Olive Branch Petition was sent to Great Britain.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
This decree forced colonists to stay on the coast of America, keeping them from settling in the British owned lands west of the colonies
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
This 19 year old Frenchmen came to America and became a right hand man to general Washington
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
This group of soldiers formed a militia that boasted they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice
What are Minutemen?
The knowledge of the colonial landscape and the ability to fight on their own land gave this country a major advantage in the Revolutionary War
What is the Patriots/Colonists/America?
These three basic rights are outlined in the opening words of the Declaration of Independence
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
Several colonists were killed in a street skirmish between colonists and British soldiers during this event that led to increased tension in the colonies.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This treaty ended the Revolutionary war and America was officially declared independent from Great Britain
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This group of German mercenaries was hired by Great Britain to fight in their war.
What are Hessians?
These famous battles feature general George Washington crossing the Delaware river at night to ambush British troops
Battles of Trenton and Princeton
This founding father signed the Declaration first stating he wanted his signature to be big enough for King George to read without his glasses
Who is John Hancock?
This act passed by Great Britain forced colonists to pay taxes on nearly all paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
In this battle the British plan to take control of Albany and the Hudson river was defeated by Patriot troops
What is the battle of Saratoga?
This nickname was given to British soldiers because of the clothes that they wore
What are Redcoats?
This battle near the end of the war features French and American troops cornering British Forces and trapping them in.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
On this date, the Declaration of Independence was signed and adopted by the Colonial government
What is July 4th, 1776?
This city received the harshest treatment from Britain when the Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts were passed
What is Boston?
The British shifted their efforts South and took control of what two major cities in the Southern colonies
What are Charlestown, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia?