The leader of a group of soldiers called the Green Mountain Boys.
Who was Ethan Allen?
100
An American fort on the Hudson River that is now a United States Military Academy.
What is West Point?
100
Money a government collects from its people.
What is tax?
100
The Continental Army commander who became the first President of the United States.
What was George Washington?
100
Those colonists who remained loyal to the British government.
Who were Loyalists?
200
A member of Congress chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
The British Army defeated the Americans on this island at the south-eastern tip of New York State.
What is Long Island?
200
This said that all newspapers and official papers had to have stamps on them and colonists had to pay a tax to get them.
What was the Stamp Act?
200
A person or group that helps another reach a common goal.
What is an ally?
200
The last major battle of the American Revolution.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
300
The leader of the Continental Army in 1775.
Who was George Washington?
300
A fierce battle was fought in Manhattan between the British and Americans, but the Americans won.
What is Harlem Heights?
300
Colonists who supported freedom from Britain.
Who were Patriots?
300
Britain and France fought this war over land they both claimed in North America.
What was the French and Indian War?
300
The British King who imposed unreasonable taxes on the colonists.
Who was King George III?
400
The American General who led American troops in New York to defeat the British at Saratoga.
Who was Horatio Gates?
400
A fort on Lake Champlain. This fort had been captured from the French by the British during the French and Indian War but the Patriots wanted it.
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
400
The official meeting of leaders from the 13 colonies held in Philadelphia to make very important decisions about the colonies.
What was the Continental Congress?
400
Britain's law-making assembly responsible for the taxes placed on colonists.
What is Parliament?
400
The British General who had plans to take over New York by using the many waterways on New York to hlep him defeat the Americans.
Who was General John Burgoyne?
500
She is often called "the female Paul Revere" because she rode around the countryside warning colonists and volunteer soldiers that the British troops were about to attack Danbury, Connecticut.
Who was Sybil Ludington?
500
The last major Revolutionary War battle fought in New York State.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500
A document written to explain why the colonies should be free from British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
A Patriot who decided to risk her life to help the Continental Army by joining a group of spies called the Culper Spy Ring.
Who is Anna Strong?
500
During this war, the 13 Colonies fought for freedom from Great Britain.