Principles in the Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on this date.
What is July 4, 1776?
This person led the Continental Army and became the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
These are the American weaknesses at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What are having too few soldiers and always being short of supplies?
This country secretly supplied the colonists with arms and ammunition from nearly the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What is France?
In the earliest part of the war, the British almost did this.
What is won the war by defeating the Continental army in New York, causing them to retreat?
Among the signers of the Declaration of Independence, this person produced the most famous signature.
Who is John Hancock?
This person drew a popular snake cartoon for the colonies to unite.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
These are the American Strengths in the Revolutionary War.
What are patriotism and an inspiring and effective leader in George Washington?
This Prussian provided valuable training to the Continental Army during the winter spent in Valley Forge.
Who was Baron Friedrich von Steuben?
As the war progressed, General Washington revised his military strategy in this way.
What is avoided large battles, instead fighting a defensive war?
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed." is an excerpt of the Declaration of Independence that expresses this principle.
What is "The government gets its power to make decisions and protect rights from the people"?
This person helped design the first American flag.
Who is Betsy Ross?
These are the British Strengths at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What are LOTS more men that were trained and experienced with lots of supplies?
This French nobleman paid for the purchase of colonial uniforms with his own money during the war.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
This military strategy helped the colonists win the war, especially in battles in the south.
What are guerrilla tactics such as hit-and-run raids that tired out the British?
"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government." is an excerpt of the Declaration of Independence that expresses this principle.
What is "When the government does not protect the rights of the people, the people have the right to change or remove the government"?
This person warned colonists that "the British are coming," in a famous midnight ride.
Who is Paul Revere?
This side of the war did a better job recruiting African Americans and Indigenous people into their army with promises of freedom and being left alone.
What is the British?
The French provided crucial aid at this battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This bold surprise move led to the overwhelming victory in Trenton.
What is crossing the Delaware River late Christmas night to catch the Hessians sleeping off their Christmas feast?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" is an excerpt of the Declaration of Independence that expresses these TWO principles.
What are "All people are created equal" and "All people have basic rights that cannot be taken away"?
This person delivered famous "give me liberty or give me death!" speech.
Who is Patrick Henry?
These are the British Weaknesses at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What are being far away (which is slow and costly) and having bad leadership?
This is the nature of French help at the Battle of Yorktown.
What is providing both troops and ships to trap the British on land and at sea?
These were the 3 key provisions of the Treaty of Paris (1783) that ended the Revolutionary War.
What are Britain recognizes the U.S. as an independent nation, handed over territory to the U.S., and the U.S. agreed to return Loyalists' rights and property?