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Continental Army
End of the War
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100
He was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
100

This is what they called it when representatives from the colonies met in Philadelphia to talk about their rights. 

What was the Continental Congress?

100

The smaller, inexperienced Continental army was able to win some early battles against the larger British Army because....

What was they surprised attacked them on Christmas Day and/or they set up strong defenses in forts.

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
These soldiers volunteered to fight for their colony.
Who were militia?
200

These laws were passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. 

What are the Intolerable Acts?

200

These soldiers came to fight from another country and to help out the Continental Army.

Who is France?

200
This key force allowed the Americans to keep Cornwallis trapped in 1781.
What is the French Navy?
200
This battle outside of Boston ended with an American retreat because they ran out of gun powder.
What is Bunker Hill?
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 was the King of the Britain.

Who was King George III. 

300
This treaty ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
300
This group supported freedom for the colonists and was led by men like Paul Revere.
What were the Sons of Liberty?
400

This group is remembered for dumping the tea into the Boston harbor.

Who are the Sons of Liberty?

400
After this key battle, the French agreed to become an ally to the colonists.
What was Saratoga?
400
These men usually had more supplies.
Who were regular army soldiers?
400

This was signed in 1783 to recognize American Independence.

What is the Declaration of Independence?

400
The name of the front and back of a canon. 

What is a muzzle (front) and breach (back)?

500

This was a longtime rival of Great Britain and joined the colonists' war effort in 1778 and helped the Continental Army win the war.

Who is France?

500

This person wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

500

How did the conditions improve for the Continental Army after Washington wrote a letter to the Continental Congress during the cold, harsh winter at Valley Forge? (2 conditions)

What were they received more soldiers and they received more food?

500

This person taught the Continental soldiers tactics like how to set up defenses to prevent the British Army from continuing south.

Who is Tadeusz Kosciuszko?

500

This is the traitor who turned against the colonists and went to fight for the British. 

Who was Benedict Arnold?