Key Figures
This American Founding Father and Diplomat helped secure an Alliance with France during the Revolution...
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This Battle proved to be a turning point in the Revolution as after the American Victory, France would declare war on Britain...
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
This campaign led to the final major battle of the Revolutionary War...
What was the Yorktown Campaign?
Playing into this centuries-long rivalry helped the Continental forces get French Aid...
What is the Anglo-French Rivalry?
This document would become the first constitution of the United States...
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This type of firearm was used by most soldiers during the Revolutionary War...
What are muskets?
The victory in this Battle would cement one man to become president and would fuel American Nationalism for years...
What was the Battle of New Orleans?
This American General attempted to surrender West Point to the British before defecting to them...
Who was Benedict Arnold?
This battle would follow Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware...
What was the Battle of Trenton?
American Diplomats would heavily focus on getting this foreign nation to support them...
What was France?
This Naval Battle between the French and British prevented evacuation of British Troops from Yorktown...
What was the Battle of the Chesapeake?
This treaty officially ended the war in 1783...
What was the Treaty of Paris?
The Transportation of these Weapons from Fort Ticonderoga would end the siege of Boston by setting these up at Dorchester Heights...
What was the Noble Train of Artillery?
This American President asked Congress to Declare war on Britain in June of 1812...
Who was James Madison?
This Founding Father wrote the Pamphlet Common Sense...
Who was Thomas Paine?
This Battle in 1775, even though it resulted in a British Victory, proved the Americans could stand up to the British Military after inflicting twice as many casualties as they took.
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This British Campaign relied on three armies converging in Albany to split the Union in two, but would fail due to general Howe not attacking with Burgoyne...
What was the Saratoga Campaign?
Loans from this European nation provided financial support that was crucial to the survival of the America Revolution...
What was the Dutch?
This petition given by the Continental Congress attempted reconciliation with Britain in 1775...
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This type of Warship was commonly used by the British Navy during this time period...
What was a Ship-of-the-Line?
This famous naval vessel is still on active duty and was nicknamed "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812...
What is the USS Constitution?
This American Naval Commander would become famous for his pirate-like tactics and would be the first to invade England on their own soil in over 700 years...
Who was John Paul Jones?
This battle would save a retreating Washington as a continental force of 750 would hold back a British/Hessian force of 4,000 led by General Howe in New York...
What was the Battle of Pell's Point/The Battle of Pelham?
This incursion would be the first major military initiative by the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War...
What was the Invasion of Quebec?
This Anglo-Franco naval battle centered around this British Colony (Now Independent Nation) after the French Victory at the Chesapeake ended in a French loss and reaffirmed British dominance in the Carribean...
What was the Battle of Dominica?
This Treaty would formalize the Franco-American Alliance...
What was the Treaty of Alliance?
This American Long Rifle was the one of the first commonly used rifles and was much more accurate than the muskets of the day...
What was the Kentucky/Pennsylvania Rifle?
This treaty ended the War of 1812 and restored the prewar boundaries between the British and Americans...
What was the Treaty of Ghent?
This Prussian General trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge... (Triple Points if you say his full name)
Who was Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Steuben or Baron von Steuben?
This Battle saw American Forces led by Daniel Morgan effectively use double envelopment tactics to beat Tarleton in the South...
What was the Battle of Cowpens?
This major American strategy focused on avoiding major battles while wearing out the British through a war of attrition....
What is the Fabian Strategy?
John Paul Jones would raid this British Town, invading Britain for the first time in over 700 years...
What is the Town of Whitehaven?
This famous pamphlet Series defended the replacement of the Articles of Confederation...
What were the Federalist Papers?
This Rifle was the standard Issue for British Troops and were also used by American Militias...
What was the Brown Bess?
This Battle on the Niagara River in 1814 was one of the Bloodiest of the War and featured intense night fighting...
What was the Battle of Lundy's Lane?
This southern militia leader nicknamed the Swamp Fox became a father of modern guerrilla and maneuver warfare thanks to the irregular warfare he waged against the British...
Who was Francis Marion?
This Battle would be a costly American defeat in South Carolina and would ruin the reputation of General Horatio Gates...
What was the Battle of Camden?
This Campaign included battles such as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, the Battle of Germantown, and the Battle of Monmouth...
What was the Philadelphia Campaign?
This war in India would be directly caused by France joining the American Revolution against Britain...
What was the Second Anglo-Mysore War?
This congressional resolution declared independence for the Thirteen Colonies on July 2nd, 1776...
What was the Lee Resolution?
This type of naval vessel would be used extensively by the new Continental Navy and Privateers to harass British Shipping...
What were Sloops?
This General's surrender of Detroit in 1812 was a major American Embarrassment...
Who was William Hull?