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| Baron Fredrich von Steuben |
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| This German General was responsible for training the Continental Army in drill & discipline making them equal to the British soldiers. |
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| Who proved to be a master Negotiator when he was able to persuade Britain to sign a separate peace treaty from the French, & then soothe France’s furious feelings about it? |
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| This African American sailor was one of the first colonists killed during the Revolutionary War at the Boston Massacre. |
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| His frontiersmen were able to capture several British forts in the Ohio Valley. His most notable victory came at Fort Vincennes resulting in American control of the Ohio Valley for the rest of the war. |
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| He was named Commander in Chief of all Continental (American) Forces during the Revolutionary War. |
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| Sent by the Governor of Virginia to build a fort in disputed territory. After scattering a French patrol with surprise attack, he built Fort Necessity. |
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| Who signed the Declaration of Independence large so that King George III could read it without his spectacles? |
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| This British General planned a Three-pronged attack, but suffered heavy casualties when the other 2 Generals did not show up. He marched his men out into open fields, in formation, while the Americans attacked from the woods. |
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| This Scottish-American Naval hero captured the British ship Serapis. When asked to surrender his ship, the Bon Homme Richard, he replied “I have not yet begun to fight.” |
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| This 19 year old French soldier was called one of General George Washington’s best officers & one of his favorites. |
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| Who said “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country” when caught and hanged as a spy? |
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| This Firebrand coined the slogan “Give me liberty or give me death.” |
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| Paul Revere, William Dawes & Dr. Samuel Prescott |
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| Warned minutemen that the British were coming to arrest Samuel Adams & John Hancock, then continue to Concord to search for supplies, arms, & ammunition |
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| This Native American Ottawa leader formed an alliance with the Shawnee and Delaware Tribes and attacked British settlers hoping to prevent their further westward expansion. |
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| Who wrote the draft of the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Who wrote Common Sense which promoted separation from Britain by offering simple facts & plain arguments? |
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This occurred when colonists were throwing snowballs, rocks, stones, and sticks & insulting a British soldier. His
friends came to help him, and someone yelled “fire.” Six colonists were killed. |
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What name was given to the incident where colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians & dumped 342 chests of tea
into the harbor to protest the tax on & prevent it from being off loaded? |
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| Colonists survived 3 attacks here, but were forced to surrender when they ran out of Ammunition - |
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The British lost this battle when their shells struck the fort’s palmetto tree walls, they tried to wade in water that
was 7 feet deep instead of several inches deep as previously thought, and their ships became stuck on sandbars making them easy targets for American artillery. |
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| The British under the command of General Braddock and George Washington suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of the French and their Native American allies here. Over half of the British troops, including General Braddock were casualties. The French and Indians lost 50 men. |
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What battles were called “The Shot Heard Around the World," because they were the spark or immediate cause of
the American Revolution? |
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This battle is known as the “Turning Point of the War,” because it was a clear victory for the Americans when
General Burgoyne had to surrender his army. |
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| The German or Hessian troops had celebrated Christmas by drinking beer. General George Washington took his troops across the Delaware River and surprised them while they were sleeping off the effects of the celebration. |
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General George Washington & his troops spent a miserable winter here in 1777-78. However, although the troops
fought starvation & freezing cold, the British did not attack. |
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British General Charles Cornwallis surrendered here which ended the war when his troops were surrounded and
Commanding General Clinton and his rescue ships were prevented from arriving by the French fleet (ships) & a terrible storm. |
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| “No Taxation without Representation” |
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| Sam Adams, John Hancock, and other colonists in Boston questioned whether Parliament had the right to tax colonists when they had no representatives in Parliament. What Phrase describes this? |
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| Placed soldiers in the colonies during peacetime. Colonists were forced to provide or pay for their room & board |
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a. set the western border of the British colonies at the Appalachian Mountains b. stated that colonists could not buy land and move west of them
c. said that colonists already living there had to move. |
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| Placed a new tax on newspapers, letters, licenses, business and legal documents, diplomas and playing cards |
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| What 5 things did the Townshend Acts place a tax on? |
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| tea, glass, paint, paper and lead |
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| The Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts - |
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A. closed the port of Boston
B. reduced representative government in Massachusetts C. restricted town meetings D. extended the boundary of Quebec to the Ohio River E. granted religious freedom to Roman Catholics |
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| wrote Common Sense which promoted separation from Britain by offering simple facts and plain arguments |
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| What female wrote patriotic letters and plays attacking British Officers and defending colonial independence? |
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| The Declaration of Independence said all men are created equal by reason of natural law, and entitled to - |
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| life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
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| Fought in the Revolutionary War as a man and was wounded twice, but refused medical care. Later when she developed a fever, a doctor discovered that she was a woman, and she was sent home. However, she was later given a Military pension. |
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| “The World Turned Upside Down” |
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| Played during the British surrender in October 1781, because it was unconceivable that tiny new country could defeat the mightiest army and navy in the world at that time. |
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| allowed British soldiers and officials to search homes or businesses for smuggled goods at any time without having to prove there was reasonable cause |
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| British soldiers' fighting style |
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| Marched in ranks shoulder to shoulder down roads or in open fields; they used a slow pace with drums and musical instruments to keep pace; they wore bright red uniform with polished metal parts; their guns were mass produced and not very accurate; they would have ranks standing and kneeling close together while firing and reloading which bunched them up as targets; |
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| Colonial militia or minutemens' fighting style |
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| used woods, stone walls, trees, houses, fences, etc. for cover to fire upon the British troops; they would attack, then retreat and attack again later (this is called “Guerilla Warfare” or “Hit & Run” tactics; their rifles were superior as they were used for hunting so they were more accurate and could be fired from a greater distance; they knew they territory well, as it was their home |
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| Why was the American victory over Britain a FIRST in history? |
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| It was the first time in history that colonies had rebelled and ACTUALLY DEFEATED the “Mother Country” to become an Independent Nation. |
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