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Who Said It?
Leaders
Places
People
Grab Bag
100
"The British are coming! The British are coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
100
Chosen to be the commander in chief of the American troops
Who is George Washington?
100
The first shots of the war happened at these locations
What are Lexington and Concord?
100
Stitched the first stars and stripes with 13 stripes and 13 stars
Who is Betsy Ross?
100
Colonists who remained loyal to England
What are "loyalists" or Tories?
200
"I have not yet begun to fight."
Who is John Paul Jones?
200
King of England during the War for Independence
Who is King George III?
200
The Americans lost this battle just outside Boston, but they showed the world they could put up a good fight
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
Two nicknames for British soldiers
What are "redcoats" or "lobsterbacks?"
200
Colonists who wanted freedom from England
What are patriots?
300
"Give me liberty or give me death."
Who is Patrick Henry?
300
President of the Second Continental Congress when the Declaration of Independence was signed
Who is John Hancock?
300
The Hessians were defeated here at Christmastime
What is Trenton?
300
Soldiers ready to fight at a minute's notice
What are minutemen?
300
The complete date of the signing of the Declaration of Independence
What is July 4, 1776?
400
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
Who is Nathan Hale?
400
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
The British surrendered to the Americans here
What is Yorktown?
400
A schoolteacher and spy who was killed by the British
Who is Nathan Hale?
400
A raid by 50 American colonists who dressed up like Mohawk Indians to destroy goods carried by British Ships in the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
500
"We have to resolve to conquer or to die."
Who is George Washington?
500
Led the "Green Mountain Boys" to capture Fort Ticonderoga
Who is Ethan Allen?
500
The Americans gained ammunition from a victory by the Green Mountain Boys here
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
500
German soldiers hired by the king of England to fight the Americans
What are Hessians?
500
This fight between British soldiers and American colonists ended with five Americans dead after British soldiers were mocked by the colonists
What is the Boston Massacre?