Revolutionary
War Battles
War Battles
The first shot of the American Revolutionary War took place in this small Massachusetts town.
What is Lexington?
This Son of Liberty warned American colonists that 'The British are coming!' on the eve of the Battle of Lexington.
Who is Paul Revere?
The Declaration of Independence was adopted on this day and year.
What is July 4th, 1776?
The plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention which would give each state representatives in Congress proportional to its population (More people = more representatives)
What is the Virginia Plan?
The American Revolutionary war ended with a siege on this Virginian port city.
What is Yorktown?
The lawyer (and later US President) who defended the British soldiers accused of murder during the Boston Massacre, arguing that all people deserve a fair trial.
Who is John Adams?
The man credited with writing the majority of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The two houses of Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
George Washington and his men crossed this river on December 25th, 1776 to launch a surprise attack on Hessian soldiers.
What is the Delaware River?
This man wrote the popular revolutionary pamphlets Common Sense and The Crisis.
Who is Thomas Paine?
The philosophical movement that inspired the ideas in the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Enlightenment?
This 'compromise' said that enslaved people would not count as a full person for the purposes of determining a state's population.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
America's win at this battle signaled to the French that America meant business and they joined the Revolutionary War on the side of the Americans soon after.
What is Saratoga?
The inventor, philosopher, printer, postmaster, and politician who acted as ambassador to France during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
According to the Declaration of Independence, all men are born with "certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and" this.
What is the Pursuit of Happiness?
Under the New Jersey Plan, the number of representatives each state gets in Congress is this.
What is equal or 'the same'?
American Captain William Prescott is credited with shouting, "Don't fire until you can see the whites of their eyes!" at this battle.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This African American poet penned many poems in support of the Revolutionary War.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
A passage in the Declaration of Independence condemning this heinous practice was ultimately removed from the document before it was adopted.
What is slavery?
The compromise that created a two house Congress.
What is the Connecticut or Great Compromise?