People
The commander in chief of the continental army
Who is George Washington
Battle known as the turning point of the war.
What is Saratoga?
What are the Patriots?
A military post where British General Braddock and many of his soldiers were killed in an ambush during the French and Indian War.
Where is Fort Duquesne?
Colonists who trained to be ready to fight at a minute's notice.
Who are minutemen?
French nobleman who joined the cause for American Independence.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
The battles here started the Revolutionary War in April 1775.
Where are Lexington and Concord?
The belief that disputes should be resolved peacefully without war.
What is pacifism?
Hessians were from this country.
Where is Germany?
A soldier who is hired to fight for a foreign country.
Who is a mercenary?
Harassed the British troops with a hit and run strategy. (two names are possible here)
Who is Francis Marion? OR
Who is Thomas Sumter?
A battle fought over a hill that could house cannons.
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The act of refusing to use, buy, or deal with a store, company, or organization in order to express a protest.
What is a boycott?
The area of land that surrounds a river, where Native Americans, French trappers, and English settlers fought for control during the French and Indian War.
Where is the Ohio River Valley?
Colonists who remained loyal to King George throughout the Revolution.
Who are Loyalists?
Who is George Rogers Clark?
Battle where Cornwallis sent his second in command to surrender.
What is Yorktown?
The British national legislature that makes the laws and discusses issues of the country.
What is Parliament?
City where a massacre and a tea party took place.
Where is Boston?
Document written to define why the Revolutionary War was being fought.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Iroquois chief who fought against the Americans during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Joseph Brant?
Washington and his troops spent a long, cold winter here in 1777.
Where is Valley Forge?
Citizens that may be called upon to serve in an emergency for the military.
What is the militia?
The Continental Congress met in this city.
Where is Philadelphia?
Secret organization that worked to oppose the British Parliament's requirements.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?