| A | B |
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| George Washington | This man was chosen to lead the Continental Army? |
| George III | Name of the king of England during the American Revolution? |
| Hessians | German troops in America were called? |
| Loyalists | People who were against the split with England? |
| Benedict Arnold | American general in charge of West Point when he became a traitor? |
| John Paul Jones | Man given credit for forming the American Navy? |
| Francis Marion | Man known as the "swamp fox"? |
| Cornwallis | Surrendered the British troops at Yorktown? |
| Martha | First name of George Washington's wife? |
| John Hancock | First to sign the Declaration of Independence? |
| Barry St. Leger | British general failed to meet Burgoyne and Howe at Saratoga because he had been beaten at Oriskany? |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain Boys? |
| Nathaniel Greene | One of Washingnton's best generals in North Carolina? |
| George Rogers Clark | Led American troops in the area north of the Ohio River? |
| Lafayette | Frenchman was Washington's trusted aide? |
| Major John Andre | Englishman was Benedict Arnold's contact in the British army? |
| Benjamin Franklin | American ambassador to France during Revolution? |
| Thomas Jefferson | Young man who did most of the writing of the Declaration of Independence? |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote in a pamphlet that it was our duty to rebel against England? |
| Thomas Gage | British commander at the start of the American Revolution? |
| Prescott | Man in charge of colonial troops at Bunker Hill? |
| William Howe | After Bunker Hill, this man controlled the British forces in Boston? |
| Richard Henry Lee | The man who first proposed separation from England in front of the Continental Congress? |
| John Burgoyne | British general who surrendered his forces at Saratoga? |
| DeGrasse | French admiral who helped keep the British fleet occupied? |
| Robert Morris | Philadelphia businessman who helped raise money for the army? |
| Molly Pitcher | Lady who became famous during the Battle of Monmouth when she replaced her wounded husband as gunner? |
| Louis XVI | King of France who agreed to help Americans in their fight? |
| France | European country that helped the Americans win the Revolution? |
| Valley Forge | George Washington and the colonial troops spent a miserable winter here? |
| Paris | The peace conference that ended the Revolution was held in this city? |
| Pennsylvania | Valley Forge is located in this colony? |
| Saratoga | The battle at this place is called the turning point of the Revolution? |
| Virginia | Thomas Jefferson came from this colony? |
| Germany | This country sent troops to America to help the British? |
| Philadelphia | Second Continental Congress met here? |
| Breed's Hill | Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought here? |
| Ticonderoga / Crown Point | Fort located on Lake Champlain and captured by Burgoyne? |
| Florida | Area of land lost by Britain to Spain at the end of the American Revolution? |
| Declaration of Independence | Document which explained the reasons why we had to separate from England? |
| Second Continental Congress | Group which acted as the government for the colonies during the war? |
| Common Sense | Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that influenced many people in America to favor the split with England? |
| Parliament | Name of the law-making body in England? |
| Bonhomme Richard | Name of John Paul Jones's ship? |
| Serapis | The Bonhomme Richard defeated this British ship? |
| Continental | Paper money printed by America during the war was said to be "not worth a . . ."? |
| Privateers | When guns were put on merchant ships, the ships were called? |
| Poor Richard's Almanack | The ship Bonhomme Richard was named for this? |
| Amending | Changing a document like the Constitution or Declaration of Independence? |
| Unalienable | Rights that are natural or God-given rights were called this in the Declaration of Independence? |
| Atlantic Ocean | The eastern border of our country is this body of water? |
| Delaware River | Washington and his troops crossed this body of water to attack the British at Trenton? |
| Mississippi River | After the American Revolution, this country's western border was? |
| Chesapeake | Yorktown was located on this bay? |
| Great Lakes | After the Revolution, what body of water formed our country's northern border? |
| Chesapeake | The colony of Maryland was divided by this bay? |
| Lake Champlain | Crown Point was located on this body of water? |
| Hudson | West Point is located on this river? |
| Wabash | Vincennes is located on this river? |
| Gulf of St. Lawrence | As a provision of the peace treaty, America got the right to fish in this Canadian body of water? |
| Ben Franklin | Who said, "We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately"? |
| Nathan Hale | Who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"? |
| John Paul Jones | Who said, "I have not yet begun to fight"? |
| Thomas Paine | Who said, "These are the times that try men's souls"? |
| William Prescott | Who said, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"? |
| Richard Henry Lee | Who said, "These united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states"? |
