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Who was Crispus Attucks? | He was the first person killed in the revolutionary war. |
Who was Thomas Jefferson? | Thomas Jefferson was a founding father , a U.s.President, and most famous as an uthor of the Declaration of Indepedence. |
Who was Patrick Henry? | Patrick was a famous patriot who said, "Give me liberty or give me death." |
Who was George Washington? | G.W. was our first U.S. President and our Commander in Chief of our revolutionary forces. |
Who was Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley? | Molly Pitcher as she was known, brought water to the troops after her husband was injured. |
Who was Marquis de Lafayette? | He was a "French" military officer wh trained our early revolutionary forces. |
Who was Nathan Hale? | Nathan Hale was one our early spies. |
Who was Benedict Arnold? | Benedict Arnold is most famous as an American traitor. |
Who was John Paul Jones? | John P. Jones was a famous revoultionary war naval commander who said, "I have not yet begun to fight!" |
Who was Bernardo de Galvez? | Bernardo was a governor of Louisiana and he fought the British along the Gulf, the Mississippi, and the Florida coast. |
Who was Friedrich von Stuben? | Friedrich was a German military soldier who also helped train U.S. revolutionary forces. |
Why is Benjamin Franklin so famous? | Ben Franklin was an author, a diplomat, and a founding father who helped create the Unites States of America. |
What is a patriot? | A patriot was a colonist NOT LOYAl to the British king. |
What is a loyalist? | A loyalist was a colonist loyal to the British King. |
Who were "neutral" during the revolutionary war? | Colonists who were "neutral" took neither side. |
What is a mercenary? | They were a hired or paid soldier. Usually from a country not associated with the war. |
What is a campaign? | A campaign in the military sense is a series of strategies designed to accomplish a military battle goal. |
What was the Continental Army? | The Continental Army was the name of the original U.S. revolutionary army. |
What des it mean to negotiate? | This happens when country's governments discuss issues and make agreements with one another. |
What is a traitor? | A traitor is someone who works or acts against his country during war. (Benedict Arnold) |
What is a treaty? | A treaty is an agreement between countries. |
Why was the battle in Savannah important? | It was the first captured port by British forces. |
Why was the battle in Cowpens important? | It was the first major revolutionary battle that the U.S. forces won. |
Why was the battle in Yorktown important? | Yorktown was the British headquarters. When the U.S> forces won it was a major defeat for the British side. |
What was the Treaty of Paris? | It was the final treaty between the U.S. and the British that ended the Revolutionary War. |
Was Mr. Tellez alive during the Revolutionary War? | Most historians say yes. He was a gun runner. |
Did Mr. Tellez get wounded during the Revolutionary War? | No he was not...he was too fast. |