Early Battles of the Revolution
The Battles of Lexington/Concord and Bunker Hill were outside of THIS city.
What is BOSTON?
Princeton and Trenton are both located in THIS state.
What is NEW JERSEY?
The British got held up and delayed because of difficulties with WHAT? (HINT: land in the area is called...)
What is the GEOGRAPHY of the area?
Together, the American and French armies launched an attack on THIS Southern city in 1779.
What is Savannah?
This woman was married to the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental (American) army.
Who was Martha Washington?
This battle was eventually lost because Americans ran out of ammunition.
What is the Battle of BUNKER HILL?
Washington planned a sneak attack near Trenton on what date (a major holiday)?
What is CHRISTMAS night Dec. 25, 1776?
Saratoga was considered a turning point in the war because THIS COUNTRY decided to join the war and fight against Britain.
What is FRANCE?
Continental soldiers were unable to see because of THIS. They lost 1,000 men.
What is FOG?
One of two women who wrote poems supporting American independence.
Who were Mercy Otis Warren and/or Phillis Wheatley?
This was the nearby hill to Bunker Hill where the colonial militia began building fortifications.
What is BREED'S hill?
THIS British general attacked the Americans at Princeton. He was unsuccessful.
Who was CORNWALLIS?
British General John Burgoyne hoped to bring three British forces together to defeat the Americans at Saratoga, near THIS River.
What is the HUDSON River?
This Siege was particularly deadly for the Americans with about 5,000 lives lost.
What is the Siege of CHARLESTON?
This woman dressed up as a man to fight in the infantry during the American Revolution.
Who was Deborah Sampson?
The British were trying to find THIS at Concord?
What is the storehouse of weapons the Patriots were hiding?
Washington and his men planned a sneak attack on THIS group, who were paid to fight for the British?
Valley Forge was located in THIS state.
What is PENNSYLVANIA?
At Yorktown, this man (a former slave) gave information to the Patriots that allowed them to set up a blockade to stop the British.
Who is JAMES ARMISTEAD?
Some women became THIS TERM - they followed the troops to cook meals, mend clothes, and serves as nurses for the wounded.
What are "Camp Followers"?
"One if by land, and two if by sea" are famous words from THIS poet who wrote about Paul Revere's famous ride to Lexington and Concord.
Who was LONGFELLOW?
Washington and his men crossed THIS icy river near Trenton.
What is the DELAWARE river?
This man, from Prussia, worked to train American soldiers when they were camped at Valley Forge.
Who was Baron Von Steuben?
After two weeks at Yorktown without supplies, THIS British man surrendered to General George Washington.
Who was CORNWALLIS?
This woman was married to the British Commander-in-Chief but was rumored to be an informant to Paul Revere at the start of the Revolution.
Who was Margaret Gage?