War 1
What did the Europeans call the French and Indian War?
Seven Years War
Who led the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
During the winter of 1777-1778 General Washington and his troops camped at?
Valley Forge
French aide to General Washington?
Marquis de Lafayette
Who was called the "Swamp Fox"?
Francis Marion
Who propsed the resolution for Independence?
Richard Henry Lee
King George III hired German mercenaries called ? to fight the colonist.
Hessians
Prusssian drillmaster?
Baron Steuben
Who was the young Irishman that defended the colonial cause in Parliament?
Who was known as the "Fighting Quaker?"
Nathanael Greene
General Washington captured nearly 1,000 Hessian troops at ? on Christmas day in 1776?
Trenton
General ? surrendered to General Horatio Gates at Saratoga?
John Burgoyne
Polish Jew financier?
Haym Solomon
James Otis
Who captured the frontier outposts pf Kaskaskia and Vincennes?
George Rogers Clark
The brave captain of the Bonhomme Richard was?
John Paul Jones
General who captured Philadelphia?
William Howe
General who won the Battle of Oriskany?
Nicholas Herkimer
What college was not founded as a result of the Great Awakening.
Yale
Where did the British surrender to end the War for Independence?
Yorktown
General Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington at ?
Yorktown
General who originally led British troops in Boston?
Thomas Gage
Which European country became our best ally in the War for Independence?
France
An African American poet.
Phillis Wheatley