Quotes
Who said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." He was an American spy who was killed by the British
Nathan Hale
American colonists sometimes called the British soldiers "redcoats" or...
lobster-backs
What king of England angered the colonists by taking away their rights as Englishmen?
King George III
This person led a group of men from Virginia down the Ohio River, marched through swamps and forests, and they captured three forts on the frontier. They secutred the Northwest Territory for America.
George Rogers Clark
The battle at this place was a turning point of the war.
Saratoga
Who said "Give me liberty or give me death?"
Patrick Henry
American colonists who remained loyal to the king were called....
Tories
Who stitched the first American flag with stars and stripes?
Betsy Ross
Crispus Attucks
Where did the Americans prove they were hard to beat?
Bunker Hill
The Scotsman who was determined to help the American Navy be successful and said "I have not yet begun to fight."
John Paul Jones
The German soldiers hired by the king to fight the Americans were called the...
Hessians
Who was the president of the Second Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
Leader of the British army who surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war.
General Cornwallis
The Continental Army spent a hard winter here.
Valley Forge
Who said "The British are coming! The British are coming!" to wake and warn the colonists. He was also a silversmith
Paul Revere
The men prepared to fight at a minute's notice were called...
minutemen
Who was the American spy who was killed by the British?
Nathan Hale
Congress chose this person to be the supreme commander of the American troops
George Washington
The British surrendered to the Americans here.
Yorktown
Who said, "We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or to die."
George Washington
American colonists who wanted independence from England were called...
His men and him captured Fort Ticonderoga.
Ethan Allen
Where were the Hessians defeated on Christmas?
Trenton
The first battle of the war started here.
Lexington and Concord