He was the king of England during the American Revolution.
Who was King George III?
100
This country provided America with supplies, soldiers and money to fight the British.
What is France?
100
Thomas Paine wrote this very important pamphlet that convinced many Americans to support independence.
What is Common Sense?
100
This battle took place on Christmas evening of 1777, when Washington and his men surprised the Hessians after crossing the Delaware River.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
100
The British hired these soldiers to help them fight against the Americans.
Who were the Hessians?
200
The main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
What is the name of the Pennsylvania location where American soldiers, along with George and Martha Washington, spend the miserable, cold winter of 1777-78?
What is Valley Forge?
200
Tories were loyal to this country.
What is England?
200
This battle took place on Breed's Hill in Boston early in the war. The Americans did very well until they ran out of ammunition.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
This is the number of original colonies.
What is thirteen?
300
The general in charge of all American soldiers during the Revolutionary War.
Who was George Washington?
300
Where did the first battles of the war occur?
What are the battles of Lexington & Concord?
300
This is another name for minutemen, who were civilians ready to fight on very short notice.
What is the militia?
300
This woman helped fire the cannons on a very hot day at the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
300
This woman advised her husband to "remember the ladies".
Who was Abigail Adams?
400
This inventor, printer, diplomat, scientist and author was also the most well-known American in Europe.
Who was Ben Franklin?
400
Late in the war, the British took the fighting to this geographic area because they believed that they had more supporters there.
What is the South?
400
This is a military tactic where one army surrounds another army and doesn't allow anything to go in or out.
What is a siege?
400
This was the place in Virginia where the American army held the British under siege until they surrendered, effectively ending the war.
What is Yorktown?
400
This British general surrendered to the Americans at Yorktown.
Who was General Cornwallis?
500
This German man taught many American men how to be real soldiers.
Who was Baron von Steuben?
500
The peace treaty ending the American Revolution was finally signed in this European city in 1783.
What is Paris?
500
This was the name of the act passed by the British Parliament that taxed paper and other documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
500
The Americans won this New York battle, and that victory encouraged France to help us fight against England.