Significant Events
They managed the colonial war effort and adopted the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. By raising armies, directing strategy, appointing diplomats, and making formal treaties.
What is the 2nd Continental Congress?
A hired soldier.
What is a mercenary?
Colonists in the Thirteen Colonies who opposed the Kingdom of Great Britain's control over the colonies during the American Revolution.
What is Patriot?
The decline in the purchasing value of money.
What is inflation?
To enlist in the military.
What is recruit?
This formal agreement ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783?
To leave without permission.
What is desert?
Unofficial symbol of freedom in the United States.
What is the Liberty Bell?
War tactic that keeps ships from entering or leaving a harbor.
What is blockade?
This musical composition was popular during the American Revolution. Informally regarded as a national song, it is the official state song of Connecticut.
What is Yankee Doodle?
The battle led directly to the peace negotiations that ended the war in 1783 and gave America its independence.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
These armed engagements ruined British plans for a quick end to the war and gave the Americans confidence they could stand up to British regulars and encouraged people to enlist in the Continental Army.
What are the Battles of Trenton and Princeton?
To approve officially.
What is ratify?
French aristocrat who fought in the Continental Army against the British in the American Revolution.
Who is the Marquis de Lafayette?
Privately owned ship outfitted with weapons.
What is privateer?
Surviving this brutal campaign was significant not only for the reshaping Washington’s army, but for the dedication, endurance, and resilience demonstrated by the Americans in their cause for Independence.
What is Valley Forge?
Military forces led by Washington and formed to secure American colonists' independence from Great Britain.
What is the Continental Army?
The historic civil building in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was ratified and the Constitutional Convention took place.
What is Independence Hall?
Military operations carried on by small independent forces, generally in the rear of the enemy, with the objective of harassing, delaying, and disrupting military operations of the enemy.
What is guerrilla warfare?
An attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people and goods into or out of a place.
What is siege?
This battle lifted American spirits, ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The approximately 30000 German troops hired by the British to help fight during the American Revolution.
What is the Hessian Army?
People that were loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.
What is Tory?
He surrendered his army at Yorktown in October 1781, contributing to British defeat in American Revolution.
Who is Charles Cornwallis?
Virginia estate and burial location of George Washington, the American Revolutionary War general and the first President of the United States.
What is Mount Vernon?