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British commander who was called The Green Dragoon |
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American commander who was called The Swamp Fox |
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people who work together to reach a goal |
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Treaty that ended the American Revolution |
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Also known as Molly Pitcher |
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Captured British Cannons from Fort Ticonderoga |
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The immediate action that the Second Continental Congress took in response to the fighting at Lexington and Concord |
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They established the Continental Army and Navy |
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The advantages that helped the Continental Army help evacuate Boston of British soldiers in 1776 |
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The use of captured British canons from Fort Ticonderoga |
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The three main ideas in the Declaration of Independence |
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Natural Rights, British Wrongs, and Independence |
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The last battle of the Revolutionary War |
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Who captured Fort Vincennes with the help of the Virginia militia? |
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Which battle became a turning point of the war because it prompted the French to join the Patriots? |
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The crucial mistake that British General Cornwallis made that led to the defeat of the British army. |
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He tried to fight on the Yorktown Peninsula |
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Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" |
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A phamplet that spoke out against kings |
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British abandoned Boston in March, 1776 because |
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American cannons threatened Boston Harbor |
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Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys |
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Captured Fort Ticonderoga |
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Banastre Tarleton is known for |
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Firing on surrendered soldiers and being outsmarted during the Battle of Cowpens |
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John Paul Jones became a Patriot hero |
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by defeating and capturing the British warship Serapis |
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How was the British army trapped at Yorktown? |
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There was a fleet of French warships |
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Battles of Long Island and Saratoga |
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The strength of the Continental Army that was important when it came to winning the war was |
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Military strategy based on local geography |
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British recognized The U.S. as an independent nation and Florida was returned to Spain |
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Battle where the Continental Army was low on ammo |
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Battle that was fought in three parts |
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Battle begun with Washington crossing the Delaware on Christmas night |
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Last battle of the American Revolution |
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Morgan defeated Tarleton using unconventional methods |
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Washington tricked Cornwallis using a fake camp |
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Betrayed the Continental Army to the British |
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Wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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General who spent the winter in Philadelphia instead of fighting at Saratoga |
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