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Vocab
Peace
100
The name given to Americans who supported independence
What are Patriots?
100
Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain
What are Loyalists?
100
The Patriot forces suffered a harsh winter here
Where was Valley Forge?
100
A hit-and-run method of fighting
What is guerilla warfare?
100
The British finally recognized the United States as an independent nation as a result of this treaty.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
200
One of the Patriot's greatest advantages
What is having George Washington as their military leader?
200
British Commander at the Battle of Yorktown
Who was General Cornwallis?
200
The British agreed to recognize the United States as an independent nation after the Patriot victory here
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
200
Warships for hire
What are privateers?
200
African American slaves who fought on the side of the British were promised this
What is freedom?
300
Warships for hire
What are privateers?
300
Known as the Swamp Fox
Who was Francis Marion?
300
Historians estimate that approximately this many African Americans served in the Revolutionary War
What is around 5,000?
300
Most of the Native Americans took this side during the American Revolution
What is the British?
300
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What are 300 bonus points?!
400
Another name for Patriot Forces
What is the Continental Army?
400
This was the ship of John Paul Jones
What was the Bonhomme Richard?
400
This was the main reason many European countries were willing to help the Americans
What is the fact that they didn't like the British?
400
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What are 400 free points?!
400
One of the people who represented the Americans at the peace talks in Paris (100 bonus points if you can name all 3)
Who was Benjamin Franklin, or John Adams, or John Jay?
500
The American militia group that defeated Burgoyne's troops
What are The Green Mountain Boys?
500
This person's nickname was the "hair buyer"
Who was Henry Hamilton?
500
There was the greatest amount of Loyalists support here
Where is the Carolinas and Georgia?
500
Soldiers for hire
What are mercenaries?
500
This is one person provision of the Treaty of Paris (200 Bonus points if you can name all 3)
What is Britain would withdraw its troops from American territory, OR Americans could fish in the waters off the coast of Canada, OR British merchants could collect debts the Americans owed them?