Vocabulary Leading to the War Battles and Sites People of the War Declaring Independence
100
What are patriots
Americans who sided with the rebels
100
What is the Quartering Act
This act required colonists to house British soldiers
100
What are Lexington and Concord
These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War
100
Who is George Washington
Commander of the Continental Army
100
What is July 4, 1776
The Declaration was adopted on this date
200
What is artillery
cannon and large guns
200
What is the Boston Massacre
This event in 1770 that killed five American colonists
200
What is the Battle of Yorktown
This was the final battle of the war
200
Who is Benedict Arnold
U.S. army general who later was fighting on the side of the British
200
What is the Decoration of Independence
This document declared American independence from
Britain
300
Who is King George lll
British monarch who reigned
during the American Revolution
300
What is the Townshend Act
This act taxed imports in the colonies
300
What is Valley Forge
Washington and his army camped at this site in Pennsylvania
300
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
This French aristocrat volunteered to serve in Washington’s army
300
What is the Continental Army
America’s Patriot army during the Revolutionary War
400
What is a mercenary
a professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign
country
400
What is the Proclamation of 1763
This forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians
400
What is the Battle of Charles Town
This British siege was the worst defeat the Americans faced during the war
400
Who is Elizabeth Freeman
This enslaved African American won her freedom in court
400
Who is Thomas Jefferson
This man is wrote the Declaration of Independence
500
What is an ally
a country that agrees to help
another country achieve a common goal
500
What is the Boston Tea Party
Colonists protested British policies during this incident in 1773
500
What are the Battles of Saratoga
These series of conflicts in New York caused British army general John Burgoyne to surrender
500
Who is Richard Allen
This African-American preacher helped to start the Free African Society
500
What is the Second Continental Congress
America’s government during the Revolutionary War






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