American Patriots
He was chosen as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental (American) Army during the Second Continental Congress.
Who is George Washington?
He served as a commander under George Washington and brought the French Navy to assist the Americans.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
A group of patriots disguised as Native Americans dumped this into Boston Harbor in a protest against taxes.
What is tea?
Known as the "shot heard around the world," this battle was the first major battle between American colonists and the British.
What is the Battle(s) of Lexington (and Concord)?
This battle was fought without a single shot. Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain boys secured a Fort after which the battle is named.
What is the Battle of Ticonderoga?
He served under George Washington as an American commander, but betrayed the cause when he sided with the British Army.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
The outcome of this battle - known as the turning point of the Revolutionary War - caused the Spanish and French to support the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
A "massacre" happened in this city when a group of British soldiers fired upon some American protestors.
What is Boston?
He was the British King who the colonists listed their grievances about in the Declaration of Independence.
Who is King George III?
This important weapon was secured at the Battle of Ticonderoga and brought back to Boston by Henry Knox.
What are cannons?
He rode by horseback to warn the Americans that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
He was the main commander of the British during the war, and was forced into surrender at Yorktown.
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
This law required colonists to pay a tax for all paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
This was the document adopted July 4, 1776 that formally separated the colonies from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This was the name of a New Jersey city and namesake of a battle during which Washington and his troops took the British and German army by surprise after crossing the Delaware River.
What is Battle of Trenton?
He is considered to be the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Who is Friedrich von Steuben?
The Declaratory Act, the Townshend Act, and the Quartering Acts collectively were known as these.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This was the term for the type of colonists who did not want to separate from Great Britain, and did not support the American cause during the Revolutionary War.
Who are Loyalists?
This was the final battle of the American Revolution, after which General Cornwallis surrendered to the Americans.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
He was hung by the British for being caught as a spy. He is quoted saying "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Who is Nathan Hale?
This was the name of the German mercenary fighters who sided with the British during the war.
Who were the Hessians?
This event in Philadelphia had delegates debate the best way to protest taxes, and asked each colony to raise an army against the British.
What is the First Continental Congress?
During this event a Commander in Chief of the Continental (American Army) was chosen, and the Declaration of Independence began to be drafted.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
This was the treaty signed in France that ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?