Battles
First shots of the war were here.
What was the Battle of Lexington?
Led the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
President of the Second Continental Congress.
Who was John Hancock?
Called in response to the Intolerable Acts.
What was the First Continental Congress?
List three of the Intolerable Acts.
What was closed the port of Boston, limited public meetings, revoked the charter, removed trials, and a quartering act?
Bloodiest battle of the war ultimately won by the British after the colonists ran out of ammunition.
What was Bunker Hill?
Wrote Common Sense.
Who was Thomas Paine?
Name one of the other men on the committee to write the Declaration other than Jefferson.
Who were Benjamin Franklin and John Adams?
Led by Sam Adams, Paul Revere, and others, this group led protests against British taxation policies.
What was the Sons of Liberty?
Location where Gage sent British troops to locate weapons and hunt for Sam Adams and Hancock.
What was Concord?
Turning point battle of the war that caused France to enter the war.
What was Saratoga?
Young French general who became an aide to Washington.
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
Last ditch effort sent to George III to achieve peace.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
Military governor of Massachusetts.
Who was Thomas Gage?
Location where the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777-1778, emerging as a proper fighting force.
What was Valley Forge?
Final major battle of the war in 1781 which led to a British surrender.
What was Yorktown?
Surrendered British forces at Yorktown to Washington.
Who was Charles Cornwallis?
What was Independence Hall in Philadelphia?
Issued by the British after the repeal of the Stamp Act stating that they reserved the right to create future taxes.
What was the Declaratory Act?
Only state absent from the First Continental Congress.
What was Georgia?
Washington crossed the Delaware to defeat the Hessians at this place.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
Trained troops at Valley Forge.
Who was Baron von Steuben?
Authored the Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms.
Who was John Dickinson?
Name of the group enforcing the boycott created by the First Continental Congress.
What was the Continental Association?
Name two of the landmarks/borders granted the new U.S. under the Treaty of Paris 1783.
What was the Mississippi River to the west, the Great Lakes to the north, and Spanish Florida to the south?