Commander of the Continental Army. He knew how the British military operated and was a brilliant strategist!
Who was George Washington?
100
He was the British General during the siege of Boston by Washington's troops.
Who was General Howe?
100
The name of the pamphlet that convinced many patriots to seek independence from Britain.
What is "Common Sense?"
100
Known to be a "Hot head" from Virginia, his comment to the Second Continental Congress was..."Give me Liberty, or give me death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
200
He was the new Postmaster General for the American colonies.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
200
The Patriots captured this important city in March of 1775
What is Montreal?
200
He made the proposal that the colonies should be "free and independent" from Britain.
Who was Richard Henry Lee?
200
At only 32 years of age, he wrote the Declaration of Independence and was a follower of enlightenment thinking.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
300
The Second Continental Congress authorized these as they began to set up a new government. (4 of them)
What were:
1) Printing of money?
2) A new Post Office system?
3) A committee to handle Indian and other country affairs?
4) Creation of a Continental Army?
300
The response of the British when they realized Washington's troops had them surrounded in Boston.
What is they loaded onto their ships and withdrew from Boston Harbor?
300
Jefferson drew upon the ideas of this Enlightenment thinker while he was writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Locke?
300
One of the Committee of Five that designed the Declaration of Independence, he didn't sign the document because he was wasn't convinced the colonists could win a war against Britain.
Who was Roger Sherman?
400
Known as a symbol of peace, it was sent to King George III as one last effort to ask him to respect colonial rights
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
400
It's the reason Washington decided to move first and placed his troops around Boston in 1776.
What is he learned that the British were planning to invade New York?
400
They were the Committee of Five that designed the Declaration of Independence.
Who were Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, john Adams, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman?
400
An outspoken patriot, he was the leader of the Sons of Liberty.
Who was Samuel Adams?
500
They were 8 of the important members of the Second Continental Congress (You need at least 4!)
Who was George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John and Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Richard Henry Lee and John Hancock?
500
The Continental Army marched 300 miles from this military post to bring weapons to George Washington near Boston in March of 1776
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
500
The author of the pamphlet that convinced many colonists to approve independence from Britain.
Who was Thomas Paine?
500
He had been a good friend of the King, but he became a patriot and funded many of the colonial protests against the crown.