Revolutionary War

Battles

100

At this battle, General Washington surprised the British on the morning after Christmas, after he brought his troops across and icy river.

Battle of Trenton

200

This battle took place across the water from Boston, after the British had been sieged there for months. Even though the British win the battle, they consider it a loss because the amount of men they lost.

Battle of Bunker Hill

300

This battle takes place when the British come back from Canada to invade America. Washington famously escapes the British due to getting lucky by the foggy weather.

Battle of Long Island

400

In this battle, the British planned to squash a colonial army with three of their own. However, two British armies did not arrive which then resulted in a British army getting trapped and surrounded instead!

Battle of Saratoga

500

This pivotal battle in the south in one of the reasons for why the British's Southern Campaign strategy failed. 

Battle of Cowpens

People

100

This person led the Sons of Liberty movement in New England.

Samuel Adams

200

This is the British general who surrendered in the final major battle--the Battle of Yorktown.

Lord Cornwallis

300

This person wrote most of the Declaration of Independence that came at the beginning of the war.

Thomas Jefferson

400

This person was nicknamed the "Swamp Fox" because he damaged the Southern Campaign of the British using guerilla tactics in fighting.

Francis Marion

500

This military officer helped George Washington train his troops in the middle of a devastating winter where many colonials lost their lives.

Baron Von Stueben

Others Stuff

100

Those colonists who wanted independence from Britian were called Patriots. What were the colonists called who did not want to seek independence from Britain called?

Loyalists

200

This is the location and wintery plateau where Washington camped his been but lost thousands to disease and cold. 

Valley Forge

300

This treaty ended the Revolutionary War.

Treaty of Paris

400

These Germany mercenaries were hired out by the British to fight against the colonists in the Revolutionary War.

Hessian Mercenaries

500

This document was the final attempt by the colonists to establish peace with Britian and avoid war, but King George famously did not really look over it.

Olive Branch Petition

Geography

100

What famous river did Washington cross over on Christmas night to take a British troop by surprise?

Delaware River

200

What country did the British flee to after the Battle of Bunker Hill, in order to regroup before reinvading the colonies?

Canada

300

What major river in New York did the British hope to capture in order to cut off the New England colonies?

Hudson River

400

What town was gunpowder being stored in by the colonists at the beginning of the war?

Concord

500

Which city did Washington trick the British into thinking he had left his army near, while he marched down to Yorktown?

New York

General Vocab

100

What is the name for the militia that are supposed to arrive quickly when the British attack?

Minutemen

200

What is the name of the army for the 13 colonies?

Continental Army

300

What is the name of the rebellious group in the 13 colonies that were involved in the Boston Tea Party?

Sons of Liberty

400

After the success of the Battle of Saratoga, what country was so impressed with the colonists that it felt comfortable enough to join them in the war?

France

500

What is the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that helped convince many of the colonists that it was good and proper to rebel?

Common Sense