This group of colonists supported Britain and King George III.
Who were the Loyalists?
100
She pretended to be a man and dressed in men's clothes so she could fight in the Revolutionary War.
Who is Deborah Sampson?
100
General Washington crossed the icy Delaware River on Christmas night to make a surprise attack on this fort guarded by Hessian mercenaries?
What is Trenton?
100
As governor of Spanish Louisiana, he joined forces with the colonists and fought the British.
Who is Bernardo de Galvez?
100
He was a slave from Virginia who spied for General Washington and earned his freedom.
Who was James Armistead?
200
The word used to describe the group of colonists who were neither for nor against the Revolution.
What is neutral?
200
She wrote poems and stories about colonists fighting for freedom to support the colonists' cause and later wrote a history of the war, the first by a women.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
200
After this battle in New York when the Continental Army defeated the British, the French decided to join forces with the Americans.
What is "The Battle of Saratoga"?
200
He was a German soldier who taught American troops better ways to fight the British.
Who is Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben?
200
The word used to describe citizens from one country who fight for another country and are paid for their services.
What is mercenaries?
300
The word used to describe the practice of charging extra-high prices for goods during shortages.
What is profiteering?
300
She traveled with her husband, the leader of the Continental Army, to support him.
Who is Martha Washington?
300
The Continental Army spent a miserable, cold winter here in Pennsylvania while the British were comfortable in Philadelphia.
What is Valley Forge?
300
He was the leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
300
He was an American commander who switched sides and ending up fighting for the British.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
400
The word used to describe the colonists who supported the revolution against Britain.
What is Patriots?
400
Her real name was Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, but she earned this name for carrying water to American troops and loading cannons.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
400
The Americans had lost the first few battles in the South until their major victory in this South Carolina town.
What is Cowpens?
400
He was a teacher who served as an American spy in New York City until he was captured and executed.
Who was Nathan Hale?
400
The name of the treaty that finally ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
British ships set up ____________ so that trading ships could not unload goods at American ports.
What are blockades?
500
She argued for freedom in her letters to her husband John and cared for children who had been made homeless by the war.
Who is Abigail Adams?
500
The Continental Army, with the help of the French, defeated General Cornwallis at this British fort, essentially ending the Revolutionary War.
What is Yorktown?
500
He was an American naval commander who said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
Who is John Paul Jones?
500
The Frenchman who helped George Washington and the Continental Army by using his own money to buy clothes and food for the troops he led.