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This person wrote The Crisis
Who is Thomas Paine?
100
Patriot General, home was known a Mount Vernon
Who is George Washington?
100
Americans who wanted to fight for independence.
What are Patriots?
100
Place where Patriot soldiers spent a deadly winter.
What is Valley Forge?
100
This person posed as a Dutch school teacher to spy on the British.
Who is Nathan Hale?
200
French Nobleman who came a fought for the Patriots
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
200
Privateer that stated "I have not yet begun to fight.
Who is John Paul Jones?
200
Hit and run fighting tactic
What is guerilla warfare?
200
Area where the British had the most support from Loyalist.
What is the South?
200
Leaving the army without permission.
What is desertion?
300
British General known for traveling in extravagance.
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
300
People who wanted to remain with the British.
Who are Loyalists?
300
Armed ships owned by individuals used to fight against the British.
What are privateers?
300
Reason why many soldiers deserted the Army at Yorktown.
What is lack of supplies?
300
Number of groups of Patriot forces that converged at Yorktown to help defeat the British.
What is three?
400
Known as the Swamp Fox
Who is Francis Marion?
400
Religious group that were pacifists.
Who are the Quakers?
400
Increasing prices, less value of a dollar
What is inflation?
400
After this battle, the French agreed openly to support the United States in the war.
What is the battle of Saratoga?
400
German mercenaries
What are the Hessians?
500
German military mind that helped train Patriot Soldiers at Valley Forge
Who is Friedrich von Steuben?
500
Hired soldiers.
What are mercenaries?
500
The patriots did this to get soldiers to enlist.
What is recruit?
500
Place where both sides met to work out a treaty to end the war.
What is Paris?
500
Name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War.
What is The Treaty of Paris?