Generals
Commander and Chief of the Continental Army
George Washington
King of Great Britain
George III
The shot heard 'round the world
The battle that turned the tide of the war in favor of the Patriots
Battle of Saratoga
Signed on July 4th, 1776
Declaration of Independence
Hero of Saratoga but loser of Camden
Horatio Gates
Commander in Chief of British forces in North America for part of the war; nearly captured George Washington at Long Island and White Plains.
Battle for Breed's Hill
Battle of Bunker Hill
Another name for British soldiers
Red Coats
Second Continental Congress
French aristocrat and a favorite of George Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Loser of Saratoga
The Fall of NYC to the Union Jack
Battle of Long Island/Brooklyn Heights
Non-regular soldiers who fought in loosely organized groups
Treaty that ended the American War for Independence.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Won the Southern Campaign for the Continental Army
Nathaniel Greene
Loser of Yorktown
Lord Cornwallis
A consequential battle in Westchester
Battle of White Plains
An important ally of America; they assisted in the victory at Yorktown.
The army of the United States
Continental Army
Traitor to the Cause
Benedict Arnold
Lord North
A surprise attack on Hessians
Battle of Trenton
The largest battle of the Revolution took place off of the coast of which European country?
Spain
Benjamin Franklin