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He was the first general of the Continental Army as well as the first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This term refers to a small, informal and usually untrained army made of up local townspeople.
What is a militia?
This was the direct result of the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
He rode at midnight to warn Concord that the British were coming to take their weapons.
Who is Paul Revere?
This document served as the colonies' "break-up letter" with King George III.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
They had nearly 80,000 available troops, more than four times as many as their opponents.
Who is the British Army?
This large body of water made sending supplies from Great Britain to the colonies time-consuming and expensive.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
This act angered the colonists by preventing new settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
He wrote the colonies' "break-up letter" with King George III.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This document officially ended the Revolutionary War and established the United States as an independent country.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
This term referred to colonists who wished to remain British subjects.
Who are Loyalists?
They were so low on supplies, they would often leave bloody footprints in the snow because their soldiers lacked boots.
What is the Continental Army?
This act raised the price of all paper goods, from property deeds to playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This term was used to describe how quickly members of the colonial militias could get ready to fight.
What is a "minuteman"?
This is the body of water Washington crossed on Christmas Eve to ambush the British Army?
What is the Delaware River?
This country was the most powerful nation in the world, with an empire that reached around the globe.
What is Great Britain?
This term refers to countries such as France, Spain and the Netherlands who assisted the colonies during the Revolutionary War.
What are allies?
Crispus Attucks was one of the five peaceful protestors killed by British soldiers during this event.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This meeting of colonial leaders created the Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
This is where Washington almost lost the entire war after suffering a crushing defeat and retreating to Pennsylvania.
What is New York?
This country gave the colonies supplies, money, military leaders and even troops.
Who is France?
The amount of soldiers in the Continental Army never reached higher than this number.
What is 20,000?
This act was so hated by the colonists that they wrote a constitutional amendment in the Bill of Rights to prevent it from ever happening again.
What is the Quartering Act?
This is the date the colonies declared their independence.
What is July 4, 1776?
This was the final battle of the Revolutionary War, where French troops met up with Washington to defeat the British.
What is Yorktown?