13 Colonies
What part of the country are the Original 13 Colonies located?
What is the East Coast (Northeast & Southeast)
Who fought in the French and Indian War?
What is The French and their Native American allies against the British.
What was the name of the battle that kicked off the American Revolution?
What is the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
When did the battle of Trenton begin?
What is December 25th 1777.
What is the last great battle of the American Revolutionary War?
What is the battle of Yorktown.
Who are the first 8 presidents that we learned about?
Who is Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Adams, and Van Buren.
How many British troops did General Lord Cornwallis march to Trenton to fight the Patriots?
What is 6000.
Name the Middle States.
What is New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.
Who won the French and Indian War?
What is the British?
What was the date that the soldiers entered Lexington?
What is April 19th, 1775
What was the name of the professional German soldiers that the British army hired to fight the Patriots?
What are the Hessians.
What did the British end up doing in this battle?
What is surrendering and began considering a peace treaty.
Which President fought in the Revolutionary War?
Who is George Washington.
Who were the top 3 British generals?
Who are William Howe, Henry Clinton, and John Burgoyne.
What colony/state was George Washington born in?
What is Virgina.
How long did the French and Indian War last?
What is 9 years (1754-1763).
How many feet high was Bunker Hill?
What is 110ft?
When General Howe learned about the defeat in Trenton what did he order?
What is a counterattack.
What port cities did the British capture by 1780?
What is Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina.
What President was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
How many of Pitcairn's soldiers were minutemen and how many were spectators?
What is 77 minutemen and 100 spectators.
Name the 13 Colonies in less than 30 seconds.
What is Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
What was the agreement that officially ended the French and Indian War and awarded Great Britain the easter portion of Canada and all land east of the Mississippi?
What is the Treaty of Paris.
What heavy cost did the British pay, even though they won the battle on Bunker Hill?
What is losing many soldiers and officers.
When did Cornwallis begin his attack on Trenton? (month and day)
What is January 3rd.
Who went to the Carolinas to take over the American Continental Army in the South?
Who is General Charles Cornwallis.
Which two presidents died on the same day?
Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
What date did Washington give the order to attack the redoubts?
What is October 14th.
What year was the first colony established and what colony was it?
What is 1607 and Virginia.
What was the name of the Indian Chief that rallied other Native Americans to rebel against the Treaty of Paris?
Who is Pontiac.
How many casualties did the Patriot's suffer and how many did the Redcoats suffer at the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Redcoats around 1150 and Patriots 450.
When the Hessians were captured what did they surrender?
What is the entire force and arms of ammunition.
What is France.
What was the political party of most presidents in that time?
What is Democratic-Republican
What General surrendered his sword and how many British troops surrendered in Yorktown.
Who is General Cornwallis and what is 8000 British troops.