Militia forces during the revolutionary war who were trained to be ready to fight at a minutes notice

Colonist who were loyal to king George III during the revolutionary war

First battles of the revolutionary war

A battle in June 1775 over a hill that could house cannons; a British victory but they lost more men than the Americans

Refusing to use, buy, or deal with a store, company, or organization in order to express a protest

Why was the Continental Congress writing a document that would become the Declaration of Independence?

The young French nobleman who severed with the Continental Army and was like a son to Washington.

Hero of the frontier during the war

During the Revolutionary War, the American Indians usually favored the....

One of the most important Indian chiefs who fought with the British during the war

Was sent to lead the Continental Army in the South to try and defeat Cornwallis

The British hoped this man would unify the Southern states as loyalist colonies

The American victory that was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.

Foreign soldiers hired by the British government to fight against American forces

What is true about General Cornwallis?

What is true of the American victory at Yorktown?

What is true about the Peace Treaty at the end of the war?

Oct. 1768 Britain sent soldiers to this city to make sure their laws were being obeyed after the Townshend Act was passed.

Colonists felt they were being treated like enemies not citizens

Britain moved their soldiers to an island in the harbor after their soldiers fired into a crowd of protesters killing 5 and injuring 6. What was this incident called?

Organized Sons of Liberty in Boston and the leader of the

Provincial Congress

Angered by the tea tax and thought of trickery and the monopoly on tea by Britain, the Sons of Liberty got a group of around 150 men and boys,dressed like mohawk indians, boarded 3 ship and threw all the tea overboard.

In 1773 the Governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, (who was under the authority of the king) disbanded the Virginia House of Burgesses for supporting persons opposed to Great Britain. This led to the creation of the ....

Militia forces trained to fight at a minutes notice throughout the colonies

British ran into a militia looking for the leaders of the rebellion and demanded they disperse and give up their weapons. A shot was fired and no side claimed it. Where did this happen?

The shot fired in Lexington, that neither the British or colonists claimed, is known as the?

Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen took this fort with a militia. They won without a battle because the British soldiers were caught sleeping.

The act of completely surrounding an area to keep any person or supplies from going in or out.

What are some examples of the divided loyalties during the war?

Appointed commander in chief by the delegates of the Continental Congress in an unanimous vote.

A ragtag collection of farmers, shopkeepers and businessmen made up this colonial army.

This was a good place to house cannons and its where the

Patriots lost the battle but lost fewer men overall. British had over a thousand casualties, Americans lost about 100 men.

The most famous work the Continental Congress did was write a document to define why the war was being fought, that resulted in the....

His words formed the foundation of the Declaration, put together the final proposal.

City in New York where the Americans achieved their first victory against the British during the war.

A city of wooden barracks and huts where its citizens were ill clothed and hungry, few men had whole uniforms, and fewer had shoes.

A representative of one country to another

sent to raise funds for the war

One of the most famous envoys sent to France to represent the American colonies.

Mercenaries from the German States hired by the British government to fight against the American colonists.

The act of refusing to buy, use or deal with a store, company or organization in order to express a protest

British believed the South was full of __________,

which would make it easier for them to conquer and set up a secure base during the war.

Many Southerners joined the ________ forces when the British demanded that they fight against their fellow Americans.

British army nobleman who sympathized with the colonies and voted to repeal the Stamp Act, but received a promotion within the British army during the Revolution and went to America to lead the British army into the interior of the Southern states.

The battle where George Washington and General Cornwallis sent the majority of their forces that determined the winner of the war.

Which country joined the Americans and helped defeat the British in the Battle of Yorktown?

The United States gained more benefits than any other nation in the Peace Treaty after the war. What did they gain?

What year was independence was achieved when the last of the British troops left New York?

One of the most important chiefs during the war,

served not only as a spokesman for his people

but also as a Christian missionary and a British loyalist

What secret organization worked to oppose the British Parliament’s new tax laws?

What does self government create?

What was the American strategy to defeat Cornwallis and his army in Yorktown?

How did the colonists feel about the English Parliament taxing them?