American Revolution

 bluffed out of Boston, he created but didn't participate in the 3 pronged attack

this document was written by the 2nd Continental Congress asking King George III for peace.

immigrant from England,  helped to swing public opinion in favor of rebelling against England.

armed, private ship that protected colonial ports.

spoke no English, lied about his credentials but trained Washington’s Army @ Valley Forge.

Frenchman who helped equip the Continental Army with his own money

statesman from PA,helped write the Declaration of Independence, convinced France to be our ally

large mountain man from Vermont. Commander of the Green Mt. Boys, captured Ft. Ticonderoga.

Hessian commander who thought of the Americans as “country clowns” killed at Battle of Trenton.

delegate from Massachusetts to Congress;a committee member of the Declaration of Independence.

“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes” was said at which battle?

America’s most infamous traitor. Tried to give the plans to West Point to the British

He won control of the Ohio Valley. His victories allowed America to claim land out west

leader and ruler of England during the Revolutionary War.

This victory was the turning point in the war when the French agreed to help us when we won

Commander from Virginia with military experience from fighting in the French and Indian War.

pamphlet written by Thomas Paine helped to convince many Americans for independence. 

Americans lost and were in the wrong location; Americans saw this battle as a moral victory

American privateer, Father of the American Navy

Using campfires to escape Cornwallis, Washington charges the enemy to save the day 

Who said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!”

document was a series of compromises between Great Britain and America’s

American victory in south; Nathaniel Greene used hit and run tactics to defeat Cornwallis.

Who said, “I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”

army formed by the 2nd Continental Congress that would defend the colonies as a whole.

the first part, or introduction, of a document

something that prevents goods and people from moving in and out of an area

battle won without a single shot being fired. Americans captured much needed cannon and muskets

military genius but is best remembered for his humiliating defeat at Yorktown

signed by the French & officially committed them to support American colonies in the war.

a colonist who sided with Great Britain during the American Revolution

agreement between countries to aid and support one another

soldier who fights merely for pay, often for a foreign country

volunteer for service, typically in the military

Bookstore owner who brought cannon from Ft. Ticonderoga to Boston for General Washington.

owner & designer of Monticello; slave owner, primary author of the Declaration of Independence.

Great guerilla warfare expert from South Carolina, known as the Swamp Fox