Cast of Characters
This person was a diplomat responsible for getting support from the French. They were also a well known player.
Benjamin Franklin
This battle involved big George crossing a frozen river on Christmas
After the Battle of Monmouth the war moved to these colonies.
Southern Colonies
This person refused to accept that the Colonies had won the war.
King George.
This person Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This person was responsible for spreading the word that the British were going to Concord.
Paul Revere
The Battle of Saratoga was won by this side?
This General was credited for tiring out the British before the battle of Yorktown.
Nathaniel Greene
The year the war offically ended.
The year the war offcially ended.
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. He was also 6'3.
George Washington
The British
This "battle" was in reality an entire winter of training for the Colonial Army?
Valley Forge
This battle was considered the last official battle of the war.
Yorktown.
This Country was inspired to revolt by the American Revolution.
This person was the General who lost the battle of Yorktown.
General Charles Cornwallis
Where was the Shot Heard around the world?
Lexington
The French officer who served under Washington at Valley Forge and secured French support for the Colonies.
Marquis De Lafayette
These type of tactics were used by the Colonies to slow down and tire out the British.
Guerrilla/Hit and Run
This treaty offcially ended the war.
Treaty of Paris
The Father of the Navy and Americas Pirate.
John Paul Jones
This Message was designed to hopefully end the war Peacefully.
The Olive Branch Petition.
After this battle the French officially arrived and started fighting on the side of the Colonies.
Monmouth
The British moved South hoping that these people would join them in the fight.
Loyalists.
This group of people was promised all their property returned at the end of the war by a treaty.
Loyalists.