Revolution Begins (184-188)
Is the King of Great Britain at the start of the American Revolution?
Who is George III?
The nickname for colonists that supported independence.
What is a patriot?
This person served as the head of the Continental Army and helped to create a spy ring to win the war.
Who is George Washington?
The primary Patriot naval strategy was to stop the flow of British ___ from coming into North America.
What is supplies?
This formally ended the American revolution-need year to be included
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
The members of the colonial militias were known as this nickname.
Who are the minutemen?
Thomas Pain argued in this that colonists should immediately break free from Great Britain.
What is Common Sense?
The British hired these foreign soldiers to fight for them.
What are mercenaries?
After the Patriot victory at the Battle of __, the French formally declared their support for the Patriot cause.
The British forces were prevented from escaping at Yorktown because of this group
Who were the French Navy?
The significance of the fighting at Lexington and Concord was
What is it was the first battle of the American Revolution?
This person's name is first and the most prominent when looking at the Declaration of Independence. The popular legend is that he did such a large signature so George III and Parliament would not need glasses to read it.
Who is John Hancock?
This was an order issued by the Royal Governor of Virginia offering freedom to any slave who would fight for the British.
What is Lord Dunmore's Proclamation?
In the summer of 1777 the ____, a 20-year old Frenchman who spoke little English, arrived in the United States to help the colonists Battle the British. He developed a close relationship with Washington and others. He was honored recently with a joint American and French fighter jet fly by in Yorktown, Virginia.
Who is the Marquis de Layfeyett?
What was at least one gain for the United States with the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
-official recognition from Britain of its independence
-recognition of national borders
-acceptance of the rights of its citizens to settle and trade west of the original 13 colonies
This was the main purpose of the First Continental Congress.
What is decided what to do about the continuing British abuses of the war?
This person was on the small committee that did the bulk of the writing and is often considered the primary writer of the Declaration.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Patriot general who led his troops north through what is now Maine to launch an attack on Quebec. He later decided to pass information to the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
One of the greatest American naval heroes of the Revolution was __ who defeated the British warship Serapis with his ship, the Bonhomme Richard.
Who is John Paul Jones?
One of the greatest guerrilla warriors of the Revolution
Who was Francis Marion?
This group sent an Olive Branch petition to King George III, created the Continental Army and appointed George Washington commander of the Contiental Army.
Who was the Second Continental Congress?
This person famously wrote her husband and asked him to remember the ladies when writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Abigail Adams?
Mary Ludwig Hays earned this nickname by bringing water to thirsty Patriot troops?
Who is Molly Pitcher?
General John _____ led the British troops against the Americans at the Battle of Saratoga.
Who is Burgoyne?
__ Hoped to weaken the British support system in the West by first capturing the villages of Kaskaskia and Vincennes.
Who was George Rogers Clark?