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100
What was the hit and run strategy called?
Guerrilla tactics
100
Who was the leader of the Continental Army?
George Washington
100
What was the battle that was the turning point for the Continental Army?
Battle of Saratoga
100
How much were the Americans in debt after the war?
27 million dollars
200
What was it called when soldiers were lined up in battle?
Formal battle
200
Who surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war?
General Cornwallis
200
What battle ended the war?
Battle of Yorktown
200
What were heavy weapons like canons called?
Artillery
200
How many americans died throughout the whole Revolution
25,700 americans
300
what disadvantage that the Continental army used against the British that was their advantage?
They had knowledge of the land
300
What person was humiliated due to a tactical mistake?
Horatio Gates
300
What battle took the Continental Army across the Delaware River?
Battle of Trenton
300
What type of muskets did the sharpshooters use?
Long Rifles
300
What did the British refuse to give up after war?
Military outposts in the Great Lakes
400
What did the sharpshooters do to help defeat the British?
They shot the Officers and the native scouts
400
Who was also known as Swamp Fox that used guerilla tactics against the British?
Francis Marion
400
What was the battle called where Britain captured 5,000 Continental troops?
Battle of Charles Town
400
What did the sharpshooters do to their guns to help them be more accurate?
They Made the inside of the barrel spiral.
400
Who wrote the book "Common Sense"?
Thomas Paine
500
What Strategy did the British use that made their troops so skilled?
They put their best troops in the front of the line.
500
Who was the person that tried convincing the King of France for more money, supplies, and troops for the Continental Army?
Ben Franklin
500
What later battle took place due to the British not giving up military outposts in the Great Lakes?
Battle of 1812
500
What was the name of the cannon ammunition that fired many little canon balls?
A Grape Shot
500
What was one boundary that the americans requested after the war?
Canada on the North
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