Places
On October 17, 1777, General John Burgoyne surrendered to the Americans at
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Saratoga, New York
Who made clothes for the troops and cared for the sick at Valley Forge?
Martha Washington
George Washington's greatest challenge at Valley Forge was keeping?
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his army together
American supporter of the British.
Loyalist
The man who turned the ragged Continental Army into a fighting force was
Friedrich von Steuben
What Patriot victory convinced the British that the war was too costly to keep going?
Battle of Yorktown
The French nobleman who became Washington's trusted aide was?
Marquis de Lafayette
Which problem caused Congress to stop issuing paper money?
inflation
The hit-and-run technique of fighting, which caught the British off guard, is called
guerrilla warfare
Who led the Patriots' victory at Vincennes, strengthening the American Western position?
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George Rogers Clark
On Christmas night 1776, Washington and the Patriots scored a victory at
Trenton, New Jersey
Which Patriot spy said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"?
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Nathan Hale
SCHOOL TEACHER!
Which nation signed a treaty of alliance with the United States in 1778?
France
A surprise attack.
ambush
After the war, Great Britain recognized that the United States was an independent nation and extended from the Atlantic Ocean to the
Mississippi River
the French announced their American support after the battle of...
Saratoga
Which Patriot's famous words were, "I have not yet begun to fight"?
John Paul Jones
Supplies and reinforcements could not reach the Continental Army because of
Taking neither side in a conflict.
neutral
Preventing ships in or out of a harbor.
blockade
In 1780 where did the Patriots suffer their worst defeat of the war?
Charles Town, South Caroline
(Charleston)
Who disguised herself as a man so she could fight with the army?
Deborah Sampson
To approve.
Soldier who ran away.
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deserter
What treaty ended the American Revolution and when was it ratified?
Treaty of Paris 1783
Name three battles that took place in the South and were important victories for the patriots?
Kings Mountain
Cowpens
Guilford Courthouse
The Patriot who was known as the "Swamp Fox".
Francis Marion
To enlist.
Recruit
American who supported independence.
Patriot
Name three delegates the United States sent to negotigiate the Treaty of Paris.
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
John Jay