British
King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
Commander of the Continental Army, appointed by the Second Continental Congress.
Who is George Washington?
This 1777 colonial victory was the "turning point" of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Written by Thomas Jefferson, this document announced American Independence to the world.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Nicknamed "lobster backs" by angry colonists, the British soldiers wore this color coat.
What is red?
Commanding officer of the British Army. His brother was the Admiral of the Navy.
Who was General William Howe?
Who was Benedict Arnold?
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
A 1776 Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Argued that the colonies should declare independence.
What is Common Sense?
This treaty (originally signed in 1768) ceded much of the Iroquois territory to the colonists.
What is the Treaty of Fort Stanwix?
British commander who surrendered to Washington's army in Yorktown, Virginia.
Who is General Cornwallis?
This man used guerrilla tactics against the British Army in Georgia and the Carolinas.
Who was General Nathanael Greene?
The “Shot Heard ‘Round the World.” Despite initially capturing Lexington and Concord, the redcoats fall back to Boston amid colonial gunfire during this battle.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This July 1775 document suggested that the colonists would end hostilities if the British returned to 1763 colonial policies.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
What is the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga?
British General who surrendered to Horatio Gates at the Battle of Saratoga.
Who was Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne?
Continental army field commander who led a very successful expedition along the Ohio River and across the Northwest Territory.
Who is George Rogers Clark?
Continental soldiers defeated a Hessian Army on December 26th, 1776.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
John Dickinson wrote a series of letters to the editor criticizing British policy under this alias.
What is "a farmer from Pennsylvania"?
Continental General who famously undermines Washington's strategy (in the historical record and the musical Hamilton).
Who is Charles Lee?
Term for British loyalists, also a nickname for British conservative political party.
What is "tory"?
He made a motion for independence on June7th, 1776.
Who was Richard Henry Lee?
The Continental Army was defeated by General Howe in New York in 1776. Howe's mistake was not capturing Washington's army
What is the Battle of Long Island?
Who is Phyllis Wheatley?
Virginia Royal Governor who issued a proclamation promising freedom to any enslaved peoples who fight in the British Army
Who is Lord Dunmore?