Declaring Independence
The Colonies at War
The War Moves South
Victory at Yorktown
Vocabulary
100
Commander of the army.
Who is George Washington?
100
When captured, they were labeled as traitors and typically sentenced to death by hanging.
What is spying?
100
The British turned their attention to these colonies when France entered the war in 1778.
What is the southern colonies?
100
The country that helped the colonists defeat the British.
What is France?
100
An agreement acceptable to both sides.
What is compromise?
200
The name of the army that would represent and defend all the colonies.
What is the Continental Army?
200
Washington led a surprise attack on December 25 against the British in this New Jersey city.
What is Trenton?
200
He was known as the swamp fox.
Who is Francis Marion?
200
The place where the British surrendered.
What is Yorktown?
200
Payment for military service.
What is pension?
300
Benedict Arnold and his soldiers attacked this British outpost on New York's Lake Champlain.
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
300
The British military leader asked this general to stop the Americans.
Who is General John Burgoyne?
300
One of the two daring generals who won battles for the Patriots of the South?
Who is Daniel Morgan/Nathaniel Greene?
300
Finally on September 3, 1783, both sides signed this.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
Daniel Morgan defeated the British in South Carolina on January 17, 1781.
What is the Battle of Cowpens?
400
The writer of Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
400
French King Louis XVI signed this, assuring the Americans of their support.
What is the Treaty of Alliance?
400
He served valiantly as an American spy working out of the headquarters of General Lafayette.
Who is James Armistad?
400
The new US boundaries included territories west of this to the Mississippi River.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
400
This letter assured the king that most American colonists were still loyal to Great Britain.
What is the Olive Branch petition?
500
He said "King George can read my name without spectacles, and may now double his reward of 500 pounds for my head."
Who is John Hancock?
500
Governor of Spanish Louisiana who helped the Americans even before Spain entered the war.
Who is Bernardo de Galvez?
500
She helped war efforts by writing newspaper articles in support of the Revolution.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
500
Washington addressed his troops in a final farewell in December of this year.
What is 1783?
500
An introduction to the Declaration that explains why the Continental Congress drew up the Declaration.
What is preamble?
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