American Revolution Study List

Question 1

Patriot

Answer 1

American colonists who opposed British rule

Question 2

Continental Army

Answer 2

The official army of colonies, created by second continental congress and led by George Washington

Question 3

Second Continental Congress

Answer 3

The organized the continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence

Question 4

George Washington

Answer 4

A delegate to Congress; he became commander-in-chief of the continental army during the American Revolution.

Question 5

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 5

This decisive colonial victory forced British General Burgoyne and 5,000 of his troops surrender, convincing the French to support the American Revolutionary War effort.

Question 6

Battle of Trenton

Answer 6

The battle in which Washington crossed Delaware River, and took the Hessians by surprised, and achieved a total victory for the Continental army. The victory secured badly needed food, clothing, and weapons and convinced many continental soldiers to reenlist.

Question 7

Hessians

Answer 7

Germans who were paid professionally to fight and help the British in the American Revolution.

Question 8

Battle of Long Island

Answer 8

George Washington and his army are badly beaten at this battle in New York. Sorely outnumbered and surrounded at Brooklyn Heights, the 9,500 troops that survived retreated under cover of fog, rain, and night across the East River to Manhattan.

Question 9

Valley Forge

Answer 9

Place where Washington’s army spent the winter of 1777-1778, one for
Ruth of troops died here from disease and malnutrition. Von Steuben uses the break in fighting to train Washington’s troops.

Question 10

Baron Von Steuben

Answer 10

The former Prussian officer who had volunteered to help the colonists; as a result the continental Army emerged in the spring as tougher and stronger.

Question 11

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 11

Last major battle of the Revolutionary war. Cornwallis and his troops were trapped in the Chesapeake bay. He was sandwiched between the French navy and the American army and forced to surrender.

Question 12

Treaty of Paris

Answer 12

The peace agreement that officially ended the revolutionary war and established Britain’s for al recognition of the U.S.

Question 13

Lord Charles Cornwallis

Answer 13

Commander of British troops in the South, best known for his defeat at the Battle of Yorktown.

Question 14

July 4, 1776

Answer 14

The safe the Declaration of Independence went into effect.

Question 15

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 15

He was a delegate from Virginia at the second Continental Congress and wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.

Question 16

Loyalists

Answer 16

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.

Question 17

“The American Crisis”

Answer 17

A best-selling pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to rally support for the Revolutionary War.

Question 18

Benedict Arnold

Answer 18

He was a patriot hero at the battles of Ticonderoga and Saratoga, but eventually he became the most famous American Traitor when he began working with the British.

Question 19

Mercenary

Answer 19

A professional soldier hired by a foreign army.

Question 20

Cornwallis

Answer 20

British general who surrendered at Yorktown

Question 21

Olive branch Petition

Answer 21

British general who surrendered at Yorktown

Question 22

Olive branch petition

Answer 22

An offer of peace sent by the second Continental Congress to King George III

Question 23

Militia

Answer 23

A group of civilians trained tonight in emergencies

Question 24

Declaration of Independence

Answer 24

American intellectuals, inventor, writer, and politician he helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.

Question 25

William Howe

Answer 25

English General who commanded British forces in and around New York at the beginning of the Revolutionary War

Question 26

Alexander Hamilton

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George Washington’s personal secretary and secretary of the treasury in Washington’s cabinet

Question 27

Henry Knox

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Head of al, artillery during the Revolutionary War and the first secretary of war in Washington’s cabinet

Question 28

Thomas Paine

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American Revolution leader who supported the American colonists fight for independence with pamphlets like “common sense” and “the American Crisis”

Question 29

John Burgoyne

Answer 29

British general defeated by American forces at the battle of Saratoga and forced to surrender in 1777

Question 30

Daniel Morgan

Answer 30

Continental colonel of regular army and some militia. Master of guerrilla warfare. Given credit for winning the battles of Saratoga and Cowpens

Question 31

Horatio Gates

Answer 31

American General whose troops defeated the British forces at Saratoga.

Question 32

Compre de Grasse

Answer 32

French ally, brought French fleet to Chesapeake to blockade Cornwallis

Question 33

General Rochambeau

Answer 33

French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown

Question 34

Fredrick Von Steuben

Answer 34

Military officer from Germany who trained American soldiers during the American Revolution

Question 35

King George III

Answer 35

King of England during the American Revolution