Vocab
The struggle of the colonies in North America to gain their independence from Great Britain.
What is the American Revolution?
All three American Weaknesses.
What is...
1. Less Soldiers
2. Less Supplies
3. Less Training?
The nation that became allies with the Americans after the battle of Saratoga.
Who is France?
The reason the Americans lost most battles in the beginning of the war.
What is because they were inexperienced?
The two parts of your body that never stop growing.
What are your ears and nose?
A nation that joins another nation in some common effort, such as fighting a war.
What is an ally?
All three American strengths.
What is...
1. Familiar Territory
2. Strong Leadership
3. Motivation/Will-Power?
The 15 year old who joined the Continental army by selling off his farm equipment for a musket.
Who is Joseph Martin?
This is what George Washington changed his military strategy to during the war.
What is to fight Defensively to tire out the British?
This is how long a cockroach can live without its head.
What is a week?
The American army during the American Revolution.
What is the Continental army?
All three British Strengths.
What is...
1. More Supplies
2. More Training
3. More Troops?
After African Americans helped during the War, many colonies began doing this.
What is began taking steps to end slavery?
The Battle that was the turning point in the war. It proved the Americans could actually beat the British.
What is the Battle of Trenton and Princeton?
Skin is the bodies largest organ. This is how much it weighs on average.
What is 8 pounds?
A violent attempt to resist or overthrow the government or another authority.
What is a rebellion?
All three British Weaknesses.
What is...
1. Unfamiliar Territory
2. Weak Leadership
3. Weak Public Support?
The reason many British citizens did not support the war.
What is because it was too expensive; they did not want to pay for it?
The reason the British lost in Albany, New York. (DOUBLE POINTS)
What is because they were surrounded by the Americans in unfamiliar territory.
This 80s movie features a marshmallow monster that attacks New York City.
What is ghostbusters?
A system of government in which the power to govern belongs to the people.
What is a democracy?
This Revolution was inspired by and after the American Revolution.
What is the French Revolution?
What the Treaty of Paris gave to the Americans.
What is Land East of the Mississippi River?
Name both of the foreign volunteers who came to help train the Americans and gave them supplies.
Who is Baron Von Steuben and Marquis De Lafayette?
These are the Sanderson sisters names from Hocus Pocus.
Who are Winifred, Mary, and Sarah?