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Important Documents
End of the War
Vocabulary
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He was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
100
This governing body helped unite the 13 colonies.
What was the Continental Congress?
100

This document was mainly written by Thomas Jefferson.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

100
General Cornwallis became trapped at this location in 1781.
What is Yorktown?
100
These soldiers boasted that they could be ready to fight in one minute.
What were minutemen?
200

This man was named as America's first Postmaster General.

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

200

George Washington crossed this river on Christmas day to attack Hessian troops.

What is the Delaware River?

200

This document gave states much power, but created a weak United States central government. 

What is the Articles of Confederation?

200
This key force allowed the Americans to keep Cornwallis trapped in 1781.
What is the French Navy?
200

These soldiers volunteered to fight for their colony. 

Who were militia?  

300
This author penned "Common Sense".
Who was Thomas Paine?
300
George Washington and his troops spent a hard winter at this campsite in Pennsylvania.
What is Valley Forge?
300

This document was created by the Second Continental Congress and is considered the first constitution of the United States? 

What is the Articles of Confederation? 

300
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300

This group were colonists who supported the British rule in the colonies.

Who/What are the loyalists?

400

This delegate from Massachusetts served on the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence.

Who was John Adams?

400

This battle outside of Boston ended with an American retreat because they ran out of gun powder.

What is Bunker Hill?

400

This document was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

400

The amount of time it took to finalize the Treaty of Paris and officially end the Revolutionary War.

What is nearly 2 years?

400

A person who supported the cause of freedom from Britain was called this.

What is a Patriot?

500

This was the name of the General that surrendered after the Battle of Yorktown.

Who was General Cornwallis?

500

The Treaty of Alliance, which the United States signed with France, gave the U.S. provided the U.S. with these three things.

What are money, troops, and supplies for the war?

500

This document finally ended the Revolutionary War and officially gave the United States independence from Britain.

What is the Treaty of Paris?

500

The United States received land that extended to these areas in the North, South, and West as a result of the treaty that ended the war.

What is land North to Canada, South to Florida, and West to the Mississippi?

500

This was a common, colorful name for the British troops.  

Who are the Red Coats?