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Military barricade of a city or fort
What is a SIEGE?
A group of civilians trained as soldiers to fight in times of emergency
What is a Militia
Swift hit-and-run military tactics.
What is Guerilla Warfare?
Group of hired foreign soldiers.
Who are mercenaries ?
Name given to British soldiers by the colonists.
Who are Redcoats?
The location abandoned by the Continental Army after British ships were spotted near New York Bay
What is Long Island?
The location of an early battle that demonstrated colonist strength against a frontal assault from the British Army
What is Bunker Hill?
The location of the battle that marked a great victory for the American forces and led to the surrender of General Burgoyne.
What is Saratoga?
The location of the last major battle of the American Revolution which resulted in the surrender of General Cornwallis
What is Yorktown?
The location of the battle in which Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys attacked the British.
What is Fort Ticonderoga?
In what document did the colonists appeal to King George III to remove the Intolerable Acts?
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
What was George Washington trying to do when he read the Crisis to his troops in December 1776?
Encourage his troops to be strong in the face of defeat
In his Farwell Address, George Washington advised the U.S. against
1.) Permanent Foreign Alliances 2.) Political Parties
The Declaration of Independence stated reason for the….
What is the war of Independence.
Which of the following was included in the Declaration of Independence? 1.A plea for the support of the English Parliament. or 2.A list of the ways the Kings has denied American rights
1.A list of the ways the Kings has denied American rights
America’s MOST famous Revolutionary War Naval Leader.
Who is John Paul Jones?
“Give me liberty, or give me Death?
Who is Patrick Henry?
“I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”
Who is Nathan Hale?
I wrote Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine
I wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson (really George Mason)
I ended the Revolutionary War (hint: I’m NOT a person but a thing)
The Treaty of Paris
What song did the British play as they surrendered at Yorktown?
What is the world turned upside down.
My name means the same thing as ‘Traitor’
Who is Benedict Arnold
I tried to warn my countrymen about the dangers of Political Parties
Who was George Washington? He should of listened to me!
I helped to write the Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Paris
Who was Ben Franklin? My picture is also on a 100 dollar bill!