local men who left their homes in Massachusetts to fight for freedom
Who were Minutemen?
100
1775
What is the year when The Shot Heard Round the World took place?
100
the hill in Boston where the British were almost beaten...but the Americans ran out of ammo
What is Bunker Hill?
100
result: 13 colonies became 13____
What are states?
100
Von Steuben taught American soldiers to fight with this weapon
What is a bayonet?
200
soldiers who get paid to fight for another country
What are mercenaries?
200
the year the Declaration of Independence was written and signed
What is 1776?
200
name of the state where the last battle of the war took place
What is Virginia (Yorktown)
200
result: because of their actions, the French fleet off the coast of Rhode Island avoided being attacked by the British ships
What were American spies?
200
another word for hit-and-run stealth attacks
What is guerilla warfare?
300
German born soldiers who were attacked by George Washington on Christmas
Who were Hessian mercenaries?
300
Fighting the French and Indian War, Britain went into debt, so in the 1760's and 1770's, Britain forced the colonists to pay many different _____
What are taxes?
300
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought in this colony
What is Massachusetts?
300
Many African Americans joined the army because they hoped______
What is to gain freedom after the war?
300
One advantage the Americans had was knowing the ______ better than the British
What is the land and geography?
400
British general who was defeated by Americans at Saratoga
Who was General Burgoyne?
400
1st--> Bunker Hill
2nd--> Saratoga
3rd--> Yorktown
What is the order of these 3 important battles?
400
The horrible winter for George Washington's army was spent in this town in Pennsylvania
What is Valley Forge?
400
These people stepped up during the war: they cooked for soldiers, nursed them when they were injured and they took over the work then men had been doing before the war
Who were women ?
400
George Washington did not always follow the "Rules of War". An example of this is when he crossed the ____________ River on Christmas to attack the Hessian soldiers in Trenton.
What is the Delaware River?
500
my famous quote is "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country"
Who was Nathan Hale?
500
when the Revolutionary War ended
What is 1781?
500
The city where the final treaty was signed between the Americans and British which ended the Revolutionary War
What is Paris?
500
other people were inspired by the American victory to change their own governments
Who were people in France and Latin America?
500
I helped the weak, unskilled American soldiers turn into WARRIORS!