During the winter of 1777-1778, General Washington and his troops camped here.
What is Valley Forge?
100
He was not a British general: William Howe,
Horatio Gates, Charles Cornwallis, or John Burgoyne.
Bonus: 100 points
King George III hired these German mercenaries to fight the colonists.
Who is Horatio Gates?
What are Hessians?
100
The brave captain of the "Bonhomme Richard".
Bonus 100: Name(s) given to those who opposed independence?
Who is John Paul Jones?
What is Loyalists or Tories?
200
******* Double Jeopardy *********
400 points
Who drafted The Declaration of Independence, in what year.
(2 answers)
Who is Thomas Jefferson, in 1776?
200
The author of "Commentaries on the Laws of England".
Bonus: 200 points
Which act stopped all trade with the colonies?
Who is William Blackstone?
What is the Prohibitory Act?
200
General Washington captured nearly a thousand Hessian troops here on Christmas Day in 1776.
What is Trenton?
200
General who surrendered to General Horatio Gates at Saratoga.
Who is John Burgoyne?
200
Polish Jew financier.
Who is Haym Solomon?
300
The battle fought in 1781.
Bonus: 300 points
The "Swamp Fox"
What is Yorktown?
Who is Frances Marion?
300
Superintendent of finance for the Continental Congress.
Who is Robert Morris?
300
Name given to those who opposed independence.
What is Loyalists or Tories?
300
He became known as the "Fighting Quaker".
Who is Nathanael Greene?
300
Patriot who was hanged for spying.
Who is Nathan Hale?
400
The Treaty of Paris.
What is 1783?
400
Richard Henry Lee.
Who proposed the resolution for independence?
400
This battle was the turning point of the war.
Bonus 400: What year was this battle fought?
What is Saratoga?
What is 1777?
400
Prussian drillmaster.
Who is Baron von Steuben?
400
******** Double Jeopardy ********
800 points
The aid to General Washington, who was from which European country that became the best ally to the American colonists. (2 answers)
Who is Marquis de Lafayette from France?
500
******* DOUBLE JEOPARDY ********
1000 points
Who surrendered to George Washington at this battle fought where in what year to end the war for independence.
(3 answers)
Who is General Cornwallis, at the Battle of Yorktown, in 1781?
500
The American war hero who seized two forts along Stoney Point, on the Hudson River.
Who is Anthony Wayne?
500
General who conquered Philadelphia.
Who is William Howe?
500
General who won the battle of Oriskany.
Who is Nicholas Herkimer?
500
He captured the frontier outposts of Kaskaskia and Vincennes.