1. Minutemen- Ready to fight in a minutes notice.

2. Seize- Situation in which soldiers surround a city or fort.

3. British soldiers were nicknamed..Redcoats or Lobsterbacks

4. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are words found in The Declaration of Independence.

5. Colonists who wanted to fight
for independence was called a Patriot

6. Colonists who remained loyal to the king were called Loyalists.

7. She spoke up for women’s rights- Abigail Adams

8. Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine.

9. Mercenaries were hired foreign soldiers.

10. Friedrick Von Stueben spoke no English, and helped train Washington’s army.

11. John Paul Jones was the most successful United States American Sea Captain.

12. Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence.

13. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at the Battle of Yorktown .

14. Washington planned a secret sneak attack and crossed the Delaware River on Christmas night.

15. Guerilla Warfare is using hit and run tactics

16. This Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution
This Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolution. (the name of this treaty is also the name of the treaty that ended the French and Indian War)

17. Spain and France helped the Americans beat the British?

18. Washington crossed the Delaware River during the Christmas attack

19. The Hessians were from Germany and hired to fight the Americans.

20. Mary Ludwig Hayes earned the nickname Molly Pitcher.

21. Pennsylvania had the most signers of the Declaration of Independence

22. The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.

23. Ben Franklin had a loyalist son

24. George Washington was in charge of the Continental Army