Important Battles
Key People/Groups
Revolutionary Documents
Causes of the American Revolution
Strengths and Weaknesses
100
During this battle William Prescott led 1200 minute men across the river from Boston so they could fire on British ships in Boston harbor.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
100
This person published Common Sense January 1776 in attempt to get the colonists to rebel against their king.
Who is Thomas Paine?
100
A document that declared loyalty to King George and asked to repeal Intolerable Acts.
What is The Olive Branch Petition?
100
Their relationship was strained from this (a few weeks before March 10,1775).
What are the Battles at Lexington and Concord?
100
The Americans winning the American Revolution had a lot to do with _____.
What is geography?
200
The battle in which Howe's troops outnumbered Washington's troops which resulted in 1,400 Americans dying and the rest retreating to Manhattan.
What is the Battle of Long Island?
200
The Captain who captured Serapis, a powerful British ship.
Who is Captain John Paul Jones?
200
A document sent out by Thomas Paine to convince the colonists to turn against Britain and the king.
What is Common Sense?
200
A war that led to Americans being taxed for supplies.
What is the French and Indian War?
200
This leader's leadership and military skills helped the Americans win as well.
What is George Washington?
300
The battle in which Washington and his troops made a sneak attack early morning of December 26.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
300
The people who were sent to work out a treaty.
Who is Benjamin Franklin ,John Adams, John Jay, Henry Laurens.
300
This document had four parts which were a preamble followed by three main parts.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
300
A petition sent to King George regarding the intolerable acts that made him furious.
What is The Olive Branch Petition?
300
The Americans had an aid from another Nation during the war, or an ____.
What are allies (the French)?
400
This was the battle in which the Americans won by surrounding the British and also it convinced France to become allies with America.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
He was an American man that led an army that ended up capturing British forts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia.
Who was Roger Clark?
400
A document that represents America becoming an independent country.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
The troops the king hired to help fight the colonists.
What are Mercenaries?
400
The reason it was hard to get soldiers and supplies to the war from Britain.
What is they were thousands of miles from home?
500
The battle in which Cornwallis made the mistake of disregarding an order which, in the end, forced the British to surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
A group led by Ethan Allen that made a sneak attack on Fort Ticonderoga.
What were the Green Mountain Boys?
500
Under this document, the British recognized America as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
The British were imposing unfair taxes and taking advantage of their power.
What is one of the reasons the war started?
500
The Americans fought and they fought hard, showcasing this.
What is patriotic spirit and fighting skills?
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