Battles
The river Washington and his men crossed on Christmas night.
What is the Delaware River?
The introduction to the Declaration of Independence.
What is the preamble?
Writer of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Thomas Jefferson?
The peace treaty at the end of the American Revolution.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
The first European country to openly support the Americans.
Who is France?
The number of directions the British planned to attack in the Battle of Saratoga.
What is 3?
The name of the document that was the foundation of the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Virginia Resolution?
The writer of Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
The number of new states created by the Treaty of Paris.
What is 13?
Paper money printed during the revolution.
What were continentals?
The last major battle of the American Revolution.
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
The number of main sections of the Declaration of Independence.
What is 3?
The American spy that was caught and hanged.
Who was Nathan Hale?
This killed more people in the war than fighting did.
What is small pox?
Armed civilian ships
What are privateers?
The results of the Battle of Saratoga. (must list 3 for full credit)
What were: ended British threat in New England, destroyed British hopes of a quick rebellion, lifted American spirits, and showed Europe that America had a chance to win?
What was stated in the 3 main sections of the Declaration of Independence.
What are: general ideas about society/government and the right to abolish a poor government, a list of grievances to King George, a declaration of the right to be free and independent?
The person that sent the southern British troops south during the Battle of Saratoga.
Who was King George?
What the British offered slaves if they fought with the British.
What is freedom?
The British commander that got worn down in the Battle of Yorktown.
Who was Cornwalis?
The British commander of the forces in New York.
What was Sir William Howe?
What the colonists were fighting for.
What is independence?
The American traitor that eventually moved to London.
The Swamp Fox.
What is Francis Marion?
British goals (must name 2 for full credit)
What were: capturing key cities, winning over the population, and marching north, taking it state by state?