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100
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Thomas Jefferson?
100
This was the location of the last battle of the American Revolution.
What is Yorktown?
100
This battle was considered the turning point of the American Revolution.
What is Saratoga?
100
Write the caption of the political cartoon.
What is The Bostonian's Paying the Excise Man, or Tarring and Feathering?
100
He was elected leader of the Continental Army.
What is George Washington?
200
The signers of the Declaration of Independence would be viewed as _________ if the Americans had lost the war.
What is traitors?
200
The location where the Continental Army spent the 1777-1778 winter encampment.
What is Valley Forge?
200
The victory of this battle gave Americans new hope that they could defeat the British.
What is Battle of Trenton?
200
Identify the event occurring in the background.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
Define natural rights.
What is a right that you are born with and government can't take away?
300
This group aided Washington in blockading the British at York town and stopping a British escape by sea.
What is the French Navy?
300
This important meeting took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The representatives formed the Continental Army there!
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
Identify three things other nations contributed to the Continental Army. BE SPECIFIC!
What is soldiers, training, food, money, and/or types of weapons?
300
Explain why the illustrator would hang the Stamp Act sign upside down.
What is to show the protest/dislike of the tax?
300
Explain the reason that the Declaration of Independence was written.
What is to explain why the colonists were breaking away from Great Britain?
400
He helped the Continental Army train during their winter at Valley Forge and prepared them to fight the British.
What is Baron von Stueben?
400
British General Burgoyne hoped to separate this region from the rest of America as part of his strategy leading to the Battle of Saratoga.
What is New England?
400
The Battle of Saratoga convinced _____________ that the Americans could win the Revolution, so the two countries became _____________.
What is France/allies?
400
Identify what the Liberty Tree probably symbolizes.
What is freedom from Great Britain?
400
Identify two diseases that soldiers at Valley Forge may have suffered from.
What is smallpox, pneumonia, and/or typhoid?
500
He led the Green Mountain Boys to capture badly needed cannons for Washington.
What is Ethan Allen?
500
The document that ended the American Revolution was signed in this city.
What is Paris?
500
Francis Marion became famous for his surprise attacks on the British in the southern states. The British gave him this nickname.
What is the Swamp Fox?
500
Write another name for the rope hanging from the tree.
What is a noose?
500
Name the famous American traitor who eventually served as a general in the British Army.
What is Benedict Arnold?