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This is the round container that soldiers carried water in.
Who made the Patriots uniforms?
Name one thing taxed in the Tea Act?
Tea
This person was the leader of the Continental Army.
Bonus: He went on to serve in another role after the war - what was it?
George Washington
Bonus: First President
This is the knife like attachment that soldiers put at the tip of their guns.
Bayonet
Soldiers carried this to keep their gun powder dry?
Bonus: What is it made of?
A powerderhorn
Name one thing taxed by the Townsend Act?
Bonus: Name another thing.
Acceptable answers:
- Paint
- Lead
- Glass
- Paper
- Tea
This man had a famous "Midnight Ride" to warn people in Concord and Lexington that British troops were approaching.
Paul Revere
British soldiers wore this color coat.
Red
This is the nickname for the guns the British carried.
Brown Bess
Name one thing taxed by the Stamp Act?
Acceptable answers:
- Playing cards
- Newspapers
- Contracts
- Anything using paper
This person wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Patriot soldiers wore this color coat.
Blue
Soldiers often decorated their powder horns. Name one thing they might put on the horn.
Acceptable answers:
- Animals
- Personal names
- Maps
-Battle names
- Guns
Name one of the Intolerable Acts.
Bonus: Name another
- Quartering Act
- Murder Act
- Closing of Boston port
- Closing of Massachusetts government
This battle happened after Washington crossed the Delaware River with his troops on Christmas Eve.
Bonus: What do we call the German soldiers who were there at the time?
The Battle of Trenton
Bonus: Hessians
Who made the British uniforms?
Factories
Name an article of clothing (or something on an article of clothing) that was used in spying.
Buttons had covers at this time, and people put information underneath the button covers
People also used clothing to signal whether or not they had spy intelligence to share.
What action caused King George III to enact the Intolerable Acts?
The Boston Tea Party
This British leader refused to attend the surrender ceremony after the Battle of Yorktown, because he was too embarrassed at losing.
Cornwallis