American Revolution

Author of the Declaration of Independence

Famous US Navy Commander

Signed the Treaty of Paris 1783

Harsh winter

Washington crossed the Delaware River to suprise attack the German Mercenaries.

Helped trap General Cornwallis

Ran out of supplies

Turning point of the war

King of England

"These are the times that try mens souls"

"Don't shoot till you see the whites of their eyes"

Great Britain granted American Independece under the Treaty of Paris 1783

Troops were trained and disciplined

Who was the commander of the Contential Army?

American Spy

Urged people to "Remember the Ladies"

General Cornwall surrendered to General Washington

Marquis de Lafayette

Last major battle of the American Revolution

Warned the British were coming at Lexingotn & Concord

Revolutionary playwright who made fun of British officials

His work encouraged soliders to keep fighting for freedom

America won all the land from the Atlantic Ocean to the-

Why was Saratoga known as the turning point?

Showed Americans can hold their own again Britain, was the first major battle.

Thomas Paine's American Crisis was read here

"Shot heard round the world"

Author of American Crisis

Lexington & Concord was the first battle, and Yorktown was the last.

Persuaded France to help the Americans

The Americans won the American Revolution

Revolutionary playwright who made fun of British officials

"They are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights"