People of the Revolution
This 15-year-old volunteered to join the Continental army after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Who is Joseph Martin?
This document declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Continental army was always short of this essential resource, forcing some soldiers to beg.
What is food?
This country secretly provided 90% of the Americans’ gunpowder during the first two years of the war.
What is France?
He was the experienced leader who inspired the Continental army through dark times.
Who is George Washington?
The war for independence began in this year.
What is 1775?
General Washington never had more than this many troops at one time.
What is 20,000?
The French aided the Americans because of their long-standing hatred for this country.
What is Great Britain (or England)?
He suggested arming the American troops with bows and arrows due to a shortage of guns and gunpowder.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The British had how many troops assembled in New York during the war’s early stages?
What is 25,000?
The Americans had __________; people were willing to give their __________ for the cause.
What are patriotism and lives?
A musket is an early type of this weapon.
What is a rifle?
This Polish Jew helped finance the American war effort after immigrating to New York in 1775.
Who is Haym Salomon?
This act prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.
What is the Proclamation Act?
The American army was plagued by shortages of these 4 crucial supplies.
What are guns, gunpowder, food, and uniforms?
In winter, you could track shoeless American soldiers by these.
What are bloody footprints?
This French king secretly aided the Americans because of his country’s hatred for the British.
Who is King Louis XVI?
The amount and location of the largest fleet the British had ever sent overseas during the war.
What is the fleet of 400 British ships in New York Harbor?
This was the new nation’s only government during the war.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
Joseph Martin traded this farming tool for a musket when he joined the Continental army.
What is a plow?