He was the commander-in-chief of the Colonial Army
Who was George Washington
100
Britain's king who tried to end the fighting between the Indians and colonists by making a proclamation.
Who was King George III?
100
People in the colonies who supported independence.
What is a Patriot?
100
General Charles Cornwallis surrenders in this battle and the Americans finally win the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
100
Florida was returned to which country
What is Spain?
200
She carried water to the soliders in the battle of Monmouth.
Who was Mary Ludwig Hayes aka: Molly Pitcher
200
General for the British who surrendered at Yorktown.
Who was General Charles Cornwallis?
200
A person who acts against his or her country.
What is a traitor?
200
Battle won by the Americans, marking a major turning point in the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
200
After the war nearly 100,000 loyalists fled to?
What is Canada and Europe?
300
He was the most infamous traitor of the Revolutionary War
Who was Benedict Arnold?
300
Surrounded in the Battle of Saratoga, he and his soldiers could not break through the Americans' lines and had to pull back.
John _______.
Who was John Burgoyne?
300
What is a mercenary?
What is a solider paid to fight for another country.
300
Surprise attack on the Hessians on Christmas night.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
300
Location of Charles Cornwallis' headquarters before surrendering.
What is Yorktown, Virginia?
400
He said, "I only regret I have one life to give for my country"
Who was Nathan Hale
400
This servant (for General Cornwallis) was asked to spy on Americans, but he was already spying FOR the Americans.
Who is James Armistead.
400
What document, signed on September 3 1783, recognized the independence of the United States?
What is the Treaty of Paris
400
Although the British won this bloody exchange/battle in North Carolina and lost one fourth of their men, they still could not win the war or defeat the American spirit.
What is Guilford Courthouse?
400
This tribe/confederacy lost their land in the Ohio River Valley.
Who is the Iroquois?
500
This General was in charge of the soliders in the South.
Who was Nathanael Greene
500
German soldier who trained the Americans to become a skilled fighting force at Valley Forge.
Friedrich Wilhlem ___ _______.
Who was Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben?
500
George Washington's job when he was 16 years-old?
What is a surveyor
500
Southern port, located in South Carolina, that was captured by the British after Savannah.
What is Charles Town?
500
Which of the five major battles (Saratoga, Princeton, Philadelphia, Trenton, and Ft. Vincennes) didn't the patriots win?