Battles
The battles that kicked off the American Revolution
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
British commanding general at the Battle of Yorktown
General Lord Charles Cornwallis
He and the Green Mountain Boys seized the initiative early in the Revolutionary War and captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775.
Ethan Allen
The average soldier could reload a musket in
15 to 20 seconds
This bird lost by just one vote to the bald eagle, to become the Nations bird
Considered to be the Last Battle of the Revolution
The Battle of Yorktown
The outcome in Yorktown, Virginia marked the conclusion of the last major battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation's independence.
He fought with distinction for the American Continental Army, rising to the rank of major general, before defecting to the British side of the conflict in 1780
Benedict Arnold
Went to France in the early part of the Revolution as the official diplomat and ambassador of the thirteen colonies
Benjamin Franklin
This militia officer served in Kentucky, where the war was fought primarily between American settlers and British-allied American Indians. He was taken hostage by the Shawnee
Daniel Boone
The oldest branch of the U.S. Military which was founded on June 14, 1775 is
Army
This Battle is considered the turning point of the revolution
The Battle of Saratoga
was a crucial victory for the Patriots during the American Revolution and is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
The 1691 charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was abrogated, and the colony’s elected ruling council was replaced with a military government under Gen.
Thomas Gage
Was a French nobleman and general whose army played the decisive role in helping the United States defeat the British army at Yorktown in 1781
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
The most commonly used cannon during the Revolutionary War
The 3-pound “galloper”
The signers sent a copy of the Declaration to King George III with which two names on it.
John Hancock and Charles Thomson,
the President and the Secretary of the Continental Congress. Why? They didn't want the British to have the names of all those committing treason!
General George Washinton Crossed the Delaware river on 25 December 1776, to fight in which battle
The Battle of Trenton
The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey and greatly improved the morale and unity of the colonial army and militias
In what year did British land and sea campaign that cut off and forced the surrender of Charleston, S.C., the principal port city of the southern American colonies.
1780
Prussian noble man who served in the Continental Army. He trained continental soldiers and created a training manual. His training manual is known as the Army's blue book
Freiherr von Steuben
Of the many horses that Washington owned, one of his favorites was a horse he called
Nelson
This man is known for harassing General Cornwallis.
Francis Marion
After approximately six weeks of siege, Major General Benjamin Lincoln, surrendered his forces to the British. It was one of the worst American defeats of the war.
Siege of Charelston
A brief and unsuccessful meeting designed to bring an end to the American Revolution. The conference took place on September 11, 1776, on Staten Island, New York.
The Staten Island Peace Conference
He led the ultimately successful campaign in 1780 and 1781 against the British "Southern Strategy" as commander of the Southern Department, effectively becoming the Continental Army's number two general.
Brigadier General Nathanael Greene
a recipe discovered by scholars examining the distillery ledgers for 1798 and 1799, belonged to which founding father who made his own Rye Whiskey.
George Washington
Carried water to and from the battle field–and, as legend states, took her husband’s place at an artillery canon to fire at British troops during the Battle of Monmouth
Mary Ludwig Hayes
Believed to be the inspiration behind Molly Pitcher