Battles
Where did the first battle of the Revolutionary War take place?
Lexington and Concord
Volunteering for service following the Battle of Lexington, he joined Ethan Allen in the attack on Fort Ticonderoga.
Benedict Arnold
The German solders who were paid to come and fight for the British in the Revolutionary War
Hessian
The rifle used by the British soldiers
Musket
the spirit of laws, book 1748
montesquieu
Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
Yorktown
An aristocrat and ensign in 1756, he fought in the battle of Minden, and by the end of the Seven Years' War, he was a captain.
Charles Cornwallis
The ability to follow orders and one of the keys to the British success
Disipline
The sharp Point placed at the end of the musket rifle
Bayonet
formation of national government
articles of confederation
Who surrendered in the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
England
Wounded in the disastrous French and Indian War attack on Fort Duquesne, it was there he first met George Washington.
Horatio Gates
This color was worn by the British to be seen and scare away other troops
red
The Gun used by the Colonist to fire from longer distances and more accurately
Kentucky Long rifle
the supreme law of the United States
US constitution
The fighting of the Revolutionary War began where?
In Massachusetts British soldiers were met by armed & angry soldiers.
Irish born, he led grenadiers across the Plains of Abraham in the 1759 siege of Quebec under his close friend General Wolfe
Sir Guy Carleton
This was the name for the part time soldiers who fought for the colonies
Minutemen
heavy siege guns which had limited mobility
Cannons
marked the end of the war and gave colonies freedom of Great Britain
Treaty of Paris (1783)
What phrase describes the Revolutionary War?
"Shot heard around the world" because shots were fired.
A prominent Rhode Island politician prior to the revolution, he raised a militia company but was not elected their captain due to his partial lameness.
Nathanael Greene
what fighting technique was used by Americans
Guerrilla Warfare
often used by rifle men because of their disadvantage at close quarters
pistols
the resulting government of the American Revolution, ruled by elected leaders to govern according to law
Republic