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American general during the war.
Who is George Washington
The decisive battle for the United States
What was the battle of Yorktown
The killer of Alexander Hamilton in a duel
Who was Aaron Burr
A major protest in the Boston that protested the British tax on tea.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
What is 13?
Who is King George the third
The first official shots of the War were fired here.
Where were Lexington and Concord?
This General was Hamilton's friend, and he was an important general for the French.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
What was the Olive Branch Petition.
Small rebellion that resulted from the new United States placing a tax on alcohol.
What was the Whisky Rebellion?
The person who shouted "The Redcoats are coming"
Who was Paul Revere?
The U.S. endured the harsh winter of 1777 here.
What was Valley Forge?
Who was the Tailor spying of the British government?
Laws passed by Great Britain in order to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Intolerable Acts?
The first constitution of the United States
What were the articles of confederation?
This person wrote the pamphlet Common Sense
Who was Thomas Paine?
Location where the treaty that ended the War was signed.
Where was Paris?
Finish the lyric:
The Battle of Yorktown______
What is 1781?
Political group led by Samuel Adams and responsible for the Boston Tea Party.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Ben Franklin's plan to unite the colonies before the War.
What was the Albany Plan of Union.
The president of the continental Congress.
Hint: He signed the Declaration of Independence first.
Who was John Hancock?
The first Major victory for the United States.
(Hint: the battle was in New York State)
What was the battle of Saratoga Springs?
The general that Hamilton worked for in Quebec:
(Hint: he caught a bullet in the neck)
Who was General Montgomery:
The first representative government in the colonies.
Hint: it was located in Virginia.
What was the House of Burgesses?
The primary POLITICAL city during the Revolutionary War.
Where is Philadelphia?