People
Leader of the Green Mountain Boys
Ethan Allen
This pamphlet helped persuade colonists that America should be separate from Britain
Common Sense
George Washington's troops spent their most uncomfortable winter in this location...
Valley Forge
A failed attack by the Patriots in Canada was very evident in this battle...
Battle of Quebec
Who was the Prussian volunteer that helped us in Valley Forge?
Baron von Steuben
British officer who lost at Saratoga
John Burgoyne
1775: This meeting met in Philadelphia and created an Olive Branch Petition to the King
Continental Congress
Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill?
British
This battle was the turning point in the war - it allowed France to come into the war and join our side.
Battle of Saratoga
Who was the French volunteer that helped Americans win the battle of Yorktown?
Marquis de Lafayette
Patriot army quartermaster who replaced General Gates as leader in the South
Nathaniel Greene
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Christmas night 1776: George Washington surprises and captures Hessian troops in this city...
Trenton
Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold worked together to capture this fort...(without a shot being fired...)
Fort Ticonderoga
On what day and year was the Declaration approved by Congress?
July 4th 1776
Gained his greatest fame by defeating the British Serapis
John Paul Jones
This was the last ditch effort to try to restore a friendly relationship with Britain before going to an all-out war.
Which group of men did NOT side with the British during the war?
Over-mountain men
Henry Knox and Ethan Allen carried cannons and ammo from this fort to Boston
Ticonderoga
Who assisted General Gage in the battle of Bunker Hill?
William Howe
Captured frontier outposts to give America claim to western regions
George Rogers Clark
This young Connecticut school teacher was hanged for sharing intel in New York with Americans
Nathan Hale
The year the Revolutionary War ends.
1783
The War for Independence officially ended with the signing of this document
Treaty of Paris
Author of Common Sense
Thomas Paine