Document that announced the intent of the colonies to become free of British rule.
Declaration of Independence
100
Professionally trained soldiers from Germany hired by the British.
Hessians
100
Series of battles won by Patriots in up-state New York.
Saratoga
100
A camp near Philadelphia where Washington and his army spend the winter of 1778.
Valley Forge
100
Known as Washington of the West, he attacked British forts on the frontier.
George Rogers Clark
200
Group of colonists that supported the Revolutionary War.
Patriots
200
Site of Continental Army's first attack, a surprise attack on Christmas Day 1776.
Trenton
200
British-born general who led Americans to victory at Saratoga.
Horatio Gates
200
Frenchman who came to fight with American's for free.
Marquis de Lafayette
200
Was sent south by Washington and forced the British to chase the Continental Army around the countryside.
Nathaniel Greene
300
Group of colonists that did not support Revolutionary War.
Loyalists
300
River Washington's men crossed on the Pennsylvania/New Jersey border as they prepared to attack the Hessians.
Delaware River
300
Helped lead Americans at Saratoga before he deserted and helped the British.
Benedict Arnold
300
German who trained the soldiers at Valley Forge and taught them European techniques.
Baron von Steuben
300
Type of fighting characterized by small bands of soldiers using surprise and quick hit-and-run attacks.
guerrilla
400
George Washington's war strategy.
survival
400
Name of Hessian general who died in the attack at Trenton.
Rahl
400
British general John Burgoyne's nickname.
Gentleman Johnny
400
Site Continental Army spent two years after Valley Forge that could be characterized as even worse due to the severity of the winter that year.
Morristown
400
Place of Washington's golden opportunity to surround the British ultimately leading to their surrender.
Yorktown
500
Name the 3 main colonial problems at the outset of the war.
1. personal decisions
2. finance and supply
3. poorly trained soldiers
500
Name the 3 reasons why George Washington was chosen as the leader of the Continental Army.
1. surveyor
2. landowner
3. war veteran
500
Why was the victory at Saratoga so important for the Continental Army?
gained European help
500
Finish quote by Washington in a letter to Congress regarding condition of army at Valley Forge:
"the army must inevitably be reduced to one or other of these three things: ____ , ____ , or ____
starve, dissolve, disperse
500
Name of the original Swamp Fox
AND...recite the first verse of the chorus of the song "Swamp Fox."
Francis Marion
swamp fox, swamp fox, tail on his hat
no one knows where the swamp fox at!