Ninety six percent of American children can recognize him.
Who is Ronald McDonald?
100
The first battles of the war (They happened very close to each other).
What are Lexington & Concord?
100
This was the last battle of the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
200
He was king of Britain during the Revolution.
Who is King George III?
200
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
The battle over Boston, it is famous for the quote "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
200
The Continental Army spent the winter of 1777-78 here.
What is Valley Forge?
300
This body served as the national government of the colonies during the war.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
This was the colonists' last attempt to find a peaceful solution to the war.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
300
This is the longest river in the world.
What is the Nile River?
300
He turned the Continental Army into a professional fighting force.
Who is Friedrich von Steuben?
400
Name for the British legislature.
What is Parliament?
400
This document, written in plain English, convinced many colonists to support the war against Britain by pointing out the flaws in the British system of government.
What is "Common Sense"?
400
This American victory kept the Continental Army from disbanding.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
400
The treaty that ended the war.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
500
Dover is the State Capitol of this U.S. state.
What is Delaware?
500
The ideas in the Declaration of Independence mainly come from which Enlightenment thinker?
Who is John Locke?
500
Considered the turning point of the war, this American victory brought France into the war.