Vocab
Paper money:
What are Continentals?
This was Nathan Hale:
Who was a spy for the Continental Army, died by hanging after being caught by the British?
Washington lost 2,000 men at this Pennsylvanian camp during the winter of 1777-1778:
What was Valley Forge?
This individual was the main author of the Declaration of Independence:
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This was the official name of the document that ended the American Revolution:
What was the Treaty of Paris?
These are grievances:
What are formal complaints?
Commander of the Continental Army & future president of the United States:
Who was George Washington?
Fought the morning after Christmas night, the Continental Army won this turning point of the war over the Hessians:
What was the Battle of Trenton?
The Declaration of Independence is divided into these three sections:
What are Natural Rights, List of Grievances & Dissolving Bonds?
This was General Charles Cornwallis:
Who was the British general who surrendered to Washington at the Siege of Yorktown?
A formal agreement between two powers to work together toward a common goal:
What is an alliance?
This individual has become the picture of a, “traitor”, for his switch from the Americans to the British during the American Revolution:
Who was Benedict Arnold?
These were three financial problems the Continental Congress faced during the American Revolution:
What were:
Paying for war
Debt
No Power to Tax
Printing Paper $
Inflation?
Under Natural Rights, the Americans listed these three items:
What are:
All men created equal
Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness?
These were three reasons why the Americans won the Revolution:
What were:
Geography- Home field advantage
Leadership
French
Didn’t have to win, just avoid defeat?
These are mercenaries:
What are soldiers who are paid to fight for a country other than their own?
This individual wrote, “Common Sense” &” The Crisis”, to rally patriotism:
Who was Thomas Paine?
German mercenaries whom the Continental Army fought at Trenton:
Who were the Hessians?
Under List of Grievances, the Americans listed these three items:
What were:
Ignoring rights
Taxation without representation
Ignoring colonies?
These were three conditions of the Treaty of Paris:
What were:
Independence for United States
Boundaries of Mississippi River and Florida
Recommend Loyalist property returned?
Fighters who work in small bands to make hit & run attacks:
Who are guerrillas?
This was John Paul Jones:
Who was the Scottish sea captain who fought against the British with the help of his privateers in the style of a pirate?
This was the final official battle of the American Revolution:
Under Dissolving Bonds, these three items the Americans listed:
What were:
Right to abolish unjust government
Free and Independent States
Free Trade?
This was the official end date of the American Revolution:
What was September 3rd, 1783?