This army was made up of untrained and undisciplined volunteeers.
What is Continental Army?
100
The famous American Privateer, a nationalized pirate, who supposedly said "I have not yet begun to fight."
Who is John Paul Jones?
100
This was America's eastern boundary according to the Treaty of Paris.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
The winners of the American Revoltion.
Who are the Americans?
100
He was the commander of the Continetal Army.
Who is George Washington?
200
This occured when George Wachington led a surprise attack against the Hessians on Decmber 25, 1776, Christmas Day, in Trenton, NJ.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
200
He volunteered to serve in the Continental Army.
Who is Marguis de Lafayette?
200
This was the result of George Roger Clark's victories.
What is the U.S. was able to claim land west of the Appalachian mountians?
200
This officially ended the American Revolutionary war.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
200
They were professional German soldiers hired to fight for the British.
Who are the Hessians?
300
As part of the British northern strategy, this British general was supposed to rendevous with General Leger and Howe in Albany, NY, but he was stopped.
Who is General Burgoyne?
300
This is the reason the King of France, Louis XVI, recognized the independence of the United States.
What is the victory at the Battle of Saratoga?
300
In order to expand the war to the seas, Americans encouraged privateers to attack British merchant ships.
Who are privateers?
300
The British promised enslaved persons freedom if they joined the war on their side.
What is the reason many African Americans joined the British forces in the war?
300
This is the result of the Battle of Saratoga.
Why General Burgoyne surrendered to the Continental Army?
400
This ended General Gates role as a leader in the Army.
What is the Battle of Camden?
400
They gave secret aid to the Americans.
Who are the French?
400
This was the nickname of Francis Marion, the rebel guerilla leader, who attacked the British in the South and cut their supply lines.
Who is the Swamp Fox?
400
This redrew the boundaries of the United States with little concern for Native American lands.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
400
They captured British strongholds in Natchez and Baton Rouge.
Who are the Spanish?
500
They wanted to seize the Hudson River Valley.
How did the British plan to cut off New England from the rest of the colonies?
500
Due to this General Washington often became upset with the Continental Congress.
What is Congress's inability to adequately supply Washington's army?
500
After this major battle, Cornwalis surrendered his forces of about 8,000 soldiers.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
500
Since we did not yet have a National Constitution, these addressed individual rights and liberties.
What are the state contitutions?
500
The reason the British shifted their fighting to the southern colonies.
What is the number of loyalist, since they thought they would help fight?