Battles & Locations
People & Roles
Groups & Terms
Causes & Effects
Miscellaneous
100
This battle was a Patriot defeat in 1775 in New York.
What is The Battle of Long Island?
100
He became the Patriots’ brilliant leader and later returned to Mount Vernon after the war.
Who is George Washington?
100
Americans who supported independence from Britain.
Who are the Patriots?
100
Longtime hostility between this country and Britain led them to join the Patriot forces.
What is France?
100
Continental army is...
What is the Patriot forces?
200
The Patriots endured a winter of terrible suffering here in 1777–1778.
What is Valley Forge?
200
The volunteer from France who became Washington’s trusted aide.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
200
Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain.
Who are Loyalists, or "tories"?
200
One effect of the French-American alliance was that France provided these two forms of support.
What are soldiers and ships (and money)?
200
Private armed merchant ships
What are privateers?
300
The battle that convinced France to join the American cause after an important Patriot victory.
What is the victory at Saratoga?
300
He trained Patriots at Valley Forge and helped professionalize the Continental Army.
Who is Friedrich von Steuben?
300
Merchant warships authorized to attack British shipping during the Revolution.
What are privateers?
300
The specific victory that boosted French confidence in the Patriots.
What is the Battle at Saratoga?
300
True/False: “British advantages during the war included a stronger military, greater wealth, and a larger population.”
What is true?
400
This is the battle where Cornwallis surrendered, effectively ending major fighting.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
400
An enslaved African American who fought at Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill.
Who is Peter Salem?
400
The hit-and-run fighting technique used by some Patriots and militia.
What is guerilla warfare?
400
After Congress printed hundreds of millions of dollars in paper money to pay for the war, this economic problem occurred.
What is inflation?
400
What year was the Treaty of Paris signed?
What is 1783?
500
This map shows American, French, and British troop movements around this Virginia town.
What is Yorktown?
500
This Patriot spy was captured and executed.
Who is Nathan Hale?
500
African Americans were enlisted in every state except this one.
What is South Carolina?
500
This was an effect of Spain declaring war on the British during the time of the American Revolution.
What is Britain had less troops to fight the Americans?
500
The Swamp Fox
Who is Francis Marion?