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100
Wife who traveled to stay with her husband while the Continental forces were in winter quarters at Cambridge, Morristown, and Valley Forge.
Who is Martha Washington?
100
American victory in a cattle-grazing area in South Carolina won by Dan Morgan and his sharp-shooting riflemen.
What is Cowpens?
100
Prussian drillmaster who taught coordinated maneuvering and drilling to the Continental army at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
100
Last major battle of the Revolution.
What is Yorktown?
100
These people were known as the backbone of the American Revolution.
Who are artisans and small farmers?
200
Most famous American navel hero of the Revolution.
Who is John Paul Jones?
200
American victory over drunken Hessian soldiers on Christmas Day, 1776.
What is Trenton?
200
Woman who disguised herself as a man to fight for the Patriot cause.
Who is Deborah Sampson?
200
American defeat that represented the greatest loss of manpower and equipment of the Revolution for the Patriots.
What is Charleston?
200
About 5000 of these people fought on the side of the Patriots.
Who are African Americans?
300
One of her husband's most trusted advisors, who wrote hundreds of letters to him while he served in the Continental Congress and abroad.
Who is Abigail Adams?
300
Longest and hottest battle of the Revolution; the last major battle in the North.
What is Monmouth Courthouse?
300
Author of Common Sense, a small volume that served to light the fire of the American Revolution.
Who is Thomas Paine?
300
American victory that was the turning point of the Revolution.
What is Saratoga?
300
The first stage of the British southern strategy was the capture of this city.
What is Charleston?
400
French aristocrat who served with the American forces and became like a son to George Washington.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
400
British victory that led to British occupation of Philadelphia.
What is Brandywine Creek?
400
South Carolina guerilla leader known as the Swamp Fox.
Who is Francis Marion?
400
Second consecutive American victory that encouraged the French to release supplies to the American war effort.
What is Princeton?
400
The leader of the American expedition to take the Ohio River valley from the British and their Indian allies.
Who is George Rogers Clark?
500
Woman who carried water in a pitcher to her husband and his fellow artillery gunners at Monmouth.
Who is Mary Hays McCauly?
500
British victory that forced Washington's army to retreat into New Jersey.
What is White Plains?
500
American commander in the South who was successful in chasing Cornwallis out of the Carolinas.
Who is Nathanael Greene?
500
American victory in which a primarily Loyalist force was surrounded and captured just inside the South Carolina border.
What is King's Mountain?
500
An important British fortified fort in the West that fell to the Americans.
What is Vicennes, Indiana?
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