People
This individual was chosen to lead the Continental Army, and did so the entire war until he announced his retirement in NYC on December 4th 1783, after the war was won.
George Washington
This Act was named the Coercive Acts by British but the colonist referred to it as
The Intolerable Acts
This is the name given to someone who did NOT believe tax were enough of a reason break away and go to war against England.
Loyalist or Tory
This American victory helped to bring about an end to the revolution when it caused the British to decide the war was not worth the cost.
Battle of Yorktown
What were African American slaves that either fought for the British or Americans hoping to gain in the end for themselves.
Freedom
Followed her husband to war, worked side by side with him firing artillery and getting water for the men. She was recognised by GW and later in life given a pension for her service.
Molly Pitcher
This woman was educated in a time when most women were not. She rallied for causes like women's rights, while speaking out against slavery and racism and strongly supported American independence before it many others
Abigail Adams
This agreement, signed in 1783, effectively brought about the end of the American Revolution; leading to U.S. independence from Britain.
Treaty of Paris
This battle was the turning point of the war, as it convinced the French to officially enter the war on the colonist's side.
Battle of Saratoga
Colonists who could no longer bear to live under British rule any longer and decided to fight against the British for their freedom.
Patriots
The Daily Double:
This man was a spy. Once caught he proudly proclaimed, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country".
Nathan Hale
This young French nobleman became one of Washington's most trusted aids during the war.
Marquis de Lafayette
Hired soldiers who fight for money. Hessians were from Germany and were very well trained.
Mercenaries
With this agreement America received all of the land from the Atlantic to the Mississippi River, from Florida to Canada. They also received fishing right off the coast of Canada
Treaty of Paris
During this battle the British troops were bombarded by French and American artillery for several days before surrendering to the Americans.
Battle of Yorktown
This man was the Captain of the Bonhomme Richard, an American naval ship. He attacked British ports and ships. He was most famously known for his taking of the British ship Serapis off the coast of England.
John Paul Jones
This Prussian officer came to the colonies to assist GW. He was shocked at the condition of the Continental Army but worked them hard, teaching them drill and marching while at Valley Forge.
Friedrich von Steuben
Those not choosing any side during the conflict were
Neutral
During this battle GW crossed the icy Delaware River on Christmas eve in order to launch a surprise attack against the British and Hessian troops.
The Battles of Trenton and Princeton
2 part question: The Daily Double!
Which area in the colonies had more loyalists?
Which area had more patriots?
The Southern colonies; New England colonies
This Virginia militia leader was sent out West to stop the Native American and British attacks on Americans living along the frontier. He was successful in taking the important town of Vincennes.
George Rogers Clark
This Spanish governor of Louisiana helped the Americans by sending aid and money to the colonies, while also attacking British positions along the Mississippi River and along the Gulf coast.
Bernardo de Galvez
A private merchant ship that was armed and used to raid British merchant ships.
privateer
This was the worst defeat of the entire war for the Americans.
Charles Town, SC
Washington, upon meeting up with the Comte de Rochambeau, learned that a second French fleet was enroute, he secretly moved his army out of NY and down to Virginia to trap Cornwallis. Where was the second fleet heading?
Chesapeake Bay
He was known as the "Swamp Fox" for his ability to show up out of the middle of nowhere attack behind British lines, and then disappear just as quickly, slowing the British advance in the South.
Francis Marion
This French naval officer was in charge of the second fleet that was slated to head to Chesapeake Bay. GW used this knowledge to move his army and trap the British at Yorktown.
Francis de Grasse
The colonies were unable to bring in goods, supplies or aid from foreign countries because of British ships doing this to their ports.
blockade
The battle led to GW and the Continental Army being defeated and having to retreat from and through NYC in the early years of the war.
The Battle of Long Island
Who became the commander of the American army in the South after Cornwallis's victory at Camden, S.C.?
Nathanial Greene