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100

Battle at which cannons (artillery) were seized to help American defenses in Boston.

Fort Ticonderoga

100

Known as the "Swamp Fox" I used guerilla-style fighting tactics in the Carolinas to fight the British.

Francis Marion

100

I was famous for stating "I have not yet begun to fight" and am the father of the U.S. Navy.

John Paul Jones

100

Represented a clash between American militia and British troops seeking out weapons.

Lexington and Concord

100

Battle that served as a turning point for the Americans as the French agreed to assist.

Saratoga

200

At the conclusion of this battle Cornwallis surrendered to Washington.

Yorktown

200

I organized the Green Mountain Boys militia in New York (later Vermont) to repel British soldiers.

Ethan Allen

200

I showed up to the Second Continental Congress dressed in a military uniform.

George Washington

200

Lack of food and the cold were winter problems at Valley Forge, but this was the biggest killer for troops.

Disease (typhus, typhoid, flu, dysentery)

200

This battle that actually took place at Breed's Hill led to high British losses and for the British to reevaluate the war strategies.

Bunker Hill

300

This battle was the first time Americans demonstrated their reorganization and skill building learned from the winter at Valley Forge.


Monmouth

300

I was an artillery specialist responsible for getting 60 tons of cannons to Massachusetts. I also became the Secretary of War.

Henry Knox

300

I assisted the Continental Army at Valley Forge to learn discipline and proper military training.

Baron von Steuben

300

The Americans had only 86 barrels of gunpowder at the start of the war especially due to the lack of this important compound.

Saltpeter

300

This battle showed Washington's determination to keep the British out of Philadelphia, the American capital.

Brandywine

400

This battle and American loss left the British in charge of New York City for the remainder of the war.

Long Island

400

I was a woman who travelled with the Continental Army and brought water and even loaded cannons when necessary.

Molly Pitcher

400

Though I was shot in the let, I led a successful retreat at the Battle of Brandywine.

Marquis de Lafayette

400

Birthplace of the U.S. Army

Valley Forge
400

This battle is famous due to Washington's army routing the hired soldiers of Hesse-Cassel.

Trenton

500

The 1779 siege of this city demonstrated the naval superiority of the British in the war.

Savannah

500

I was hanged by the British for serving as a spy and am famous for saying "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Nathan Hale

500

I was raised a Quaker in Pennsylvania and led a successful campaign against Cornwallis in South Carolina in 1781

Nathanael Greene

500

Names of the two most used muskets used by American soldiers in the Revolution.

Brown Bess and Charleville

500

This battle began the British retreat to Virginia due to superior efforts by Nathanael Greene and Daniel Morgan against Col. Tarleton, the Bloody Butcher of Waxhaws.

Cowpens