Fighting Begins!
This was one of Continental Congress's final attempts at making peace with England.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
The three main parts to the Declaration of Independence.
What are Natural Rights, British Wrongs, and Independence?
At this encampment Baron Friedrich Von Stueben ran drills with the Continental Army.
What is Valley Forge?
Bonus 100 points: who played the voice of Von Stueben in Liberty's Kids?
This woman sewed flags for Washington's army and legend has it that she designed the original American flag.
Who was Betsy Ross?
Sir Henry Clinton hoped these people would support the British, and that is why the south became the main battleground of the war in 1778.
Who are southern Loyalists?
This group of Vermonters were led by Ethan Allen and took control of Fort Ticonderoga on the border of Vermont and New York.
Who are the Green Mountain Boys?
What is Thomas Paine's argument against loyalty to England?
Paine argued that America does not owe loyalty to England 1) because King George III was so far from America that he could not truly govern it and 2) that monarchs do not serve their subjects.
This British General led redcoats against Washington's men and led them to take control of New York.
Who was General Howe?
This author was an enslaved woman in Boston, and was eventually emancipated by her owners.
Who was Phyllis Wheatley?
American and French forces surrounded him on land, causing him to surrender.
Who was General Charles Cornwallis?
This was established by the Second Continental Congress when they found peace with England impossible.
What is the Continental Army?
These are four men who signed the Declaration of Indepence.
Who are Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Hancock, Samuel Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Stephen Hopkins, Robert Treat Paine.
This battle ended the British threat to New England, boosted Patriot morale, and convinced France to become an ally of the United States.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Joseph Brant, a Mohawk tribe leader, joined forces with this political group during the war.
What are Loyalists?
In this treaty the British recognized the United States as an independent nation. And Americans agreed to pay Loyalists for property lost in the war.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
A shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.
What is a blockade?
Bonus 100 points if you can also tell me what part of a cell is similar to a blockade.
What are three ideas contained within the Declaration of Independence? (Do not phrases as a question)
That all men are created equal, that some rights come from God and are given to all men equally, and that governments should be overthrown if they fail to serve the people they govern. Additionally, that governments are made primarily to serve subjects of the government.
Washington turned retreat into victory in New Jersey when he bravely led men in these two battles.
Bonus 100 points if you can name the date that Washington led his army into these battles.
Another 100 for the name of the river they crossed.
Why did some slaves escape to fight with the British?
The British offered freedom to some male slaves who served the king.
Give three reasons why the Americans defeated the British.
The distance from the colonies made it difficult for Britain to transport and supply thousands of soldiers, Patriots' familiarity with their terrain; substantial help from Spain and France; good leadership by Washington.
What did the Battle of Bunker Hill display about the Americans and the British? (Do not phrase answer as a question)
The Battle of Bunker Hill displayed that the British would not be easily defeated, and that the Americans could fight very bravely and also not be easily defeated.
A ten letter word that means to take power with out right to. In Hebrew this word gives us the name Jacob/James.
What is usurpation?
A young French noble, who aided in the American cause and became one of Washington's most trusted friends.
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
Why did African American patriots hope that the Revolution would end slavery?
The Declaration of Indenpendence proclaimed that "all men are created equal." African Americans thought that would apply to blacks as well as to whites.
What were some mistakes that British political and military leadership made between 1775 and 1783?
1. The British failed to respond to American peace overtures. 2. british generals did not work well together; for example, instead of linking up with General Burgoyne, General Howe settled into comfortable quarters in Philidelphia for the winter. 3. In the South, British attacks on colonists were very cruel; as a result, settlers who had previously leaned in favor of Britain began to side with the Patriots.