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This commander-in-chief in the American Revolution, often called "Father of His Nation",
Who is George Washington
This Battle was famous for ending the war and French Navy coming in to help the Patriots win
What is The Battle of Yorktown
The quote “I know not what course others may take" said by Patrick Henry at St. John's Church follows with this line
What is " But as for me give me liberty or give me death"
On December 16,1773 colonists protested this act by throwing tea into the sea
What is the tea act
The first vice president of America, also a president
Who is John Adams
Him and his son died in a duel, but he led the army to a win, in the Siege of Yorktown
Who is Alexander Hamilton
This was the first battle to test Washington's commander-in-chief in the American Revolution
What is The Battle of Monmouth
General Putnam said " Don't Fire until you see the whites of their eyes" in this battle when the Patriots were driven out
What is The Battle of Bunker Hill
All but this person died from shots in the Boston Massacre; Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick,Patrick Carr, Joseph Bowman, and James Caldwell
Who is Joseph Bowman
The first ten amendments were passed on this bill
What is the Bill of Rights
This person saved Washington's life at the Battle of Valley Forge, was president of the first Continental Congress, and owned about 300 slaves
Who is Henry Laurens
On January 1777 Washington's army defeated the British in this Battle, also a university in New Jersey
What is The Battle of Princeton
This famous quote said by Paul Revere was telling them if you saw one lantern the British were coming by land and two lanterns if they were coming by sea
What is "One if by land, and two if by sea"
This president of the second Continental Congress attended Harvard for school and was a pirate
Who is John Hancock
This Treaty signified the U.S. as a new nation and granted them a ton of western land
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783
This British tax collector was famous for being tarred and feathered in the Revolutionary War
Who is John Malcomb
This Battle was a major British win in the southern theater of the American Revolution and was considered one of the worst patriot loss in the war
What is The Battle of Camden
The quote "We fight, get beat, and fight again"meaning meaning tactics to make the British suffer, was said by this person
Who is Nathaniel Greene
The year Great Britain took rule of the new world
What is 1607
The oldest veteran from the war and lived to 109 years of age and lived through the Revolutionary War and the Civil War, who lived from 1759 to 1869
Who is Daniel Frederick Bakeman
The Mom and wife of two presidents and was a big help in the Revolutionary War
Who is Abigail Adams
A series of battles that took place in New York in 1777 was considered as the turning point of the war
What is The Battle of Saratoga
In 1796 this speech given by George Washington, he advised Americans to maintain national unity
What is The Farewell Address
The first act the parliament passed in 1763 to help pay the debt of the French and Indian War
What is the stamp act
The 4th president of the U.S., 5 feet four, only weighs one-hundred pounds, and also the name of a university
Who is James Madison