BATTLES
CONTINENTAL ARMY
BRITISH ARMY
TERMS TO KNOW
END OF THE WAR
100

WHERE WAS THE "SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD FIRED?

THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA

100

WHICH GROUP FOUGHT WITH THE CONTINENTAL ARMY FROM THE START

A. PATRIOTS

B. LOYALISTS

C. NUTRALISTS 

100

WHY WERE THE BRITISH CALLED THE LOBSTER BACKS

BECAUSE THEY WORE RED UNIFORMS

100

WHAT IS A MERCENARY

A HIRED PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WHO FIGHTS FOR PAY NOT BECAUSE OF POLITICAL INTEREST

100

WHICH DOCUMENT ENDED THE WAR

TREATY OF PARIS

200

WHAT HAPPENED AT LEXINGTON & CONCORD SIGNALING THE START OF THE WAR?

"THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD"

200

NAME 1 WEAKNESSES AND 1 STRENGTH OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY 

WEAKNESS: FACED MANY SUPPLY SHORTAGES

NO EXPERIANCE

STRENGTH: FOUGHT WITH A PASSION

LED BY GEORGE WASHINGTON STRONG AND DETERMINED 

200

NAME 1 BRITISH STRENGTH AND ONE BRITISH WEAKNESS 

S: GREATLY OUTNUMBERED THEIR ENEMY IN REGARDS TO SOLDIERS, SUPPLIES, AND EXPERIENCE.

W:FOUGHT IN A DISTANT AND UNFAMILIAR LAND

200

WHAT IS MILITIA

CITIZENS WHO WERE PREPARED TO FIGHT AND HAD THEIR OWN WEAPONS AND GEAR

200

AT THE FINAL BATTLE AT SARATOGA, IN ADDITION TO BEING OUTNUMBERED, THE BRITISH WERE AT A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE MANY SOLDIERS CAUGHT WHAT?

MALARIA

300

WHAT HARDSHIP DID WASHINGTON AND HIS MEN FACE AT VALLEY FORGE

SHORTAGE OF FOOD, SUPPLIES, AND BASIC LIVING NECESSITIES

300

THE  TREATY OF ALLIANCE MADE WHICH NATION THE MAIN ALLY OF THE AMERICANS

THE FRENCH

300

WHAT DID THE BRITISH PROMISE THE SLAVES WHO WOULD ESCAPE FROM THEIR MASTERS AND FIGHT WITH THE BRITISH SIDE

FREEDOM AND PROTECTION

300

WHAT IS A CAMP FOLLOWER

THOSE WHO FOLLOWED THE CONTINENTAL TROOPS AROUND PROVIDING SUPPORT, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES.

300

WHAT ROLES DID WOMEN PLAY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (3)

1. SPIES

2. SOLDIERS

3. CAMP FOLLOWERS 


400

AT WHICH BATTLE DID THE BRITISH SURRENDER CONSIDERING THEY WERE TRAPPED BY THE CONTINENTAL ARMY + FRENCH ARMY

BATTLE OF YORKTOWN

400

WHEN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY BEGAN FORMING, WHICH GROUP WAS EXCLUDED 

AFRICAN AMERICANS 

400

AT THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON & CONCORD, WHAT WERE THE BRITISH LOOKING FOR THAT BELONGED TO THE COLONISTS 

WEAPONS AND MILITARY SUPPLY TO DESTROY 

400
WHAT IS A HESSIAN
A SOLDIER FROM GERMANY HIRED BY THE BRITISH TO FIGHT AGAINST THE CONTINENTAL ARMY
400

WHAT IS A MERCENARY 

A HIRED PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER WHO FIGHTS FOR PAY NOT BECAUSE OF POLITICAL INTEREST 

500

WHICH ARMY FOUGHT IN A DISTANT AND UNFAMILIAR LAND

THE BRITISH ARMY 

500

WHO IS VON STEUBEN AND HOW DID HE HELP WASHINGTON AND HIS MEN

HE DRILLED THE CONTINENTAL SOLDIERS AND TURNED THEM INTO AN ORGANIZED FIGHTING FORCE

500

THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL WAS FOUGHT ON BREEDS HILL. AFTER A BRITISH VICTORY, WHY WAS THIS BATTLE NAMED AFTER THE INCORRECT HILL? 

THE BRITISH DID NOT KNOW THE LAND AND THOUGHT THEY WERE FIGHTING ON BUNKER HILL

500

WHAT ARE MINUTE MEN

MEN WHO WERE PART OF A MILITIA PREPARED TO FIGHT AT ANY GIVEN TIME (LEXINGTON & CONCORD) 

500

WHAT 3 RIGHTS DOES THE D.O.I SAY ALL MEN BORN WITH (THE RIGHT TO. . .

THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS