1. What do we call a person that betrays their country?

2. traitor

3. What was the name given to the colonists army?

4. Continental

5. What was the importance of the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?

6. Cannons were captured and sent to Boston.

7. Which army was better supplied with guns, equipment, etc.?

8. British

9. The French joined the war after what battle?

10. Saratoga

11. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

12. Thomas Jefferson

13. What did the 2nd Continental Congress decide to do?

14. set up an army with George Washington as its leader and sent the Olive Branch Petition to the King asking for peace

15. Which country had a navy strong enough to blockade their enemy’s ports?

16. Britain

17. What vocabulary term means to turn against your country?

18. traitor

19. What battle proved that the patriots could stand up to the British and the British would not back down?

20. Bunker Hill

21. The Declaration of Independence was signed on what date?

22. July 4, 1776

23. What was the name of the colonial leaders at Fort Ticonderoga?

24. Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold

25. What was the name of the militia group commanded by Ethan Allen?

26. Green Mountain Boys

27. Who wrote Common Sense?

28. Thomas Paine

29. What document explained why it was obvious that the colonies should no longer remain a colony of Britain?

30. Common Sense

31. What quote did the American leader at the Battle of Bunker Hill make?

32. “Don’t shoot until you see the whites of their eyes” – because the Americans had limited ammunition