Revolutionary War

Question 1

What was the first battle fought in the Rev. war?

Answer 1

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Question 2

Who were the British trying to capture? and where?

Answer 2

Samuel Adams and John Handcock (The rebel Leaders)

The colonists hid them in Concord.

Question 3

Paul Revere and other riders warned the colonists that the british army was coming. Someone fired a gun at Lexington (we don’t know who). Who won at Lexington but were turned away by the Patriots at the Old North Bridge in Concord?

Answer 3

British

Question 4

The British never captured the weapons in Concord, but now what just started?

Answer 4

The beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Question 5

Other countries and colonies around the world started to pay attention that the Americans (colonists) were trying to win their _______ from Britain.

Answer 5

Independence

Question 6

This battle took place in the city of Boston

Answer 6

Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 7

The British sent several groups of troops up Breeds hill to attack the Patriots. The Patriots eventually ran out of ______, and had to _______

Answer 7

The patriots soon ran out of supplies and had to retreat.

Question 8

What are other names for the patriots?

Answer 8

Americans, Colonists, Patriots, Continental army

Question 9

Who won the battle of Bunker hill but lost many troops/soldiers in the process?

Answer 9

Britain.

Question 10

What battle took place on Christmas Eve (Dec. 26. 1776)?

Answer 10

Battle of Trenton

Question 11

George Washington and the Continental Army rowed across the icy Delaware River to surprise attack sleeping German mercenary soldiers. What were the German soldiers called? And who were they helping? (What side? British or American?)

Answer 11

Hessians; British side

Question 12

Was the surprise attack a success? Did the patriots win?

Answer 12

Yes, the battle of Trenton was won by the patriots thanks to the sneak attack.

Question 13

This battle is important because many of the soldiers in Washington’s Continental Army had a contract to fight that ended in a couple weeks. Washington needed a military victory for them to stay. What did many of the patriot soldiers want to do?

Answer 13

Leave the army since they had already lost so many times. But after winning their first battle (Battle of Trenton), it encouraged many to join the army; including France

Question 14

Where was the Battle of Saratoga taken place?

Answer 14

New York

Question 15

The British planned to attack the Continental Army along the Hudson River near Albany. Their plan was to approach the Americans with the British army from three directions and cut off escape paths for the Americans. Did the plan work?

Answer 15

No, the plan didn’t work. The plan failed when one of the British generals decided to go attack Philadelphia and the other was captured by the Patriots. The Continental Army surrounded the other part of the British army and won. Leading to their 2nd victory.

Question 16

Why was the battle of Saratoga a “turning point”?

Answer 16

Because it raised the morale of the troops, showed that the British could still be beat, and the Patriot win encouraged the nation of France to form a military alliance with the Americans. Help from this country would be critical to American victory.

Question 17

Who helped teach the colonists how to properly train, march, drill, and shoot like a professional army.

Answer 17

Baron Friedrich von stueben

Question 18

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 18

The french general also helped train soldiers and prepare for upcoming battles.

Question 19

During the cold winter of 1777-1778, the Continental Army camped at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. The soldiers _did not have_enough clothing and food while camped here. Illness and hunger were constant. What battle was this?

Answer 19

Valley Forge Encampent

Question 20

Which battle was the last major battle of the Revolutionary war?

Answer 20

Battle of Yorktown

Question 21

British General Charles Cornwallis had brought his army to a peninsula along the York River in Virginia (not far from Jamestown and Yorktown). He was waiting for more supplies and troops to arrive by water. George Washington, with help from Marquis de Lafayette and the French Navy, were able to surround Cornwallis and cut off his escape routes.What did the British have to do?

Answer 21

Surrender. WAVE THE WHITE FLAG!!!!

Question 22

This battle encouraged the British to stop fighting and surrender. What king believed that the war was too costly and not worth fighting to keep the Americans as colonists.

Answer 22

King George lll

Question 23

With the surrender, the Americans had won their _________.

Answer 23

Freedom from Britain. American independence

Question 24

This document explained to the king, the colonists, and the world why the Americans felt they had the right to become independent. It provided reasons for people to revolt against unjust governments and served as an example for others to do the same in the future.

Answer 24

Declaration of Independence

Question 25

This document ended the Revolutionary War and gave the American colonists their independence.

Answer 25

Treaty of Paris

Question 26

This is the first paragraph to the Declaration of Independence. It explains what the colonists are about to describe in the document.

Answer 26

Preamble

Question 27

Natural Rights

Answer 27

This is the section of the Declaration of Independence where the colonists are describing what rights they feel all people should have. It is heavily influenced by Enlightenment philosophers like John Locke who believed all people have certain unalienable rights.

Question 28

Who wrote these in the document as being the rights of: life, liberty, and the persute of happiness.

Answer 28

Thomas Jefferson

Question 29

This section of the Declaration of Independence included 28 ways the colonists felt the British were violating their rights.

Answer 29

Grievances

Question 30

Resolution

Answer 30

This is the last paragraph to the Declaration of Independence. It provides the action state the colonists were seeking.

Question 31

These colonists were ready to fight and defend their homes in a minute’s notice. They were generally not trained professional soldiers.

Answer 31

Minutemen

Question 32

Mercenary

Answer 32

These were professional soldiers who were hired to fight for another country. They had no loyalties to one side or another. They fought for the highest pay.

Question 33

Hessians

Answer 33

These were mercenaries from the state of Hesse in the country of Germany. They were hired by the British to fight with the British during the Revolutionary War.

Question 34

People from a multicultural and international background helped the colonists by giving them money, training soldiers, bringing ships and soldiers, and taking care of wounded soldiers.

Answer 34

Help from international and multicultural partners

Question 35

Colonists who supported complete independence from Britain were known as Patriots. Most Patriots supported independence because they felt that recent British laws on the American Colonies violated their rights as British citizens.

Answer 35

Patriot

Question 36

Many Patriots lived in the ______ colonial region, especially Massachusetts.

Answer 36

New England colonial region

Question 37

Loyalist

Answer 37

The colonists who were against independence from Britain were known as Loyalists. Most Loyalists tended to be wealthy landowners, Anglican clergymen, or people with close cultural, business or political ties to Britain. They supported Britain’s taxation on the colonies.

Question 38

This was the army made of soldiers from the thirteen colonies who fought against the British. The army was led by General George Washington

Answer 38

Continental Army

Question 39

He was a Boston silversmith who made an engraving of the Boston Massacre that many feel was a pro-Patriot piece of propaganda. He also was one of the midnight riders who warned the colonists in Lexington.

Answer 39

Paul Revere

Question 40

He was the commanding general of the Continental Army.

Answer 40

George Washington

Question 41

He was the British king during the Revolutionary War.

Answer 41

King George lll

Question 42

He was the British general at Yorktown who was forced to surrender the British army, leading to the American’s independence.

Answer 42

General Charles Cornwallis

Question 43

He was a French nobleman who believed in the reasons for which the Americans were fighting. He came to America and volunteered to help Washington lead the Continental Army.

Answer 43

Marquis de Lafayette

Question 44

He was a Prussian man who came to America to help the Patriots. At Valley Forge, he helped train the soldiers to become a professional army. He also advised the army on proper health and sanitation techniques.

Answer 44

Freiherr von Steuben

Question 45

James Armistead

Answer 45

Black slave also as a spy for the Colonists to give General Cornwallis fake news and lead the Americans to victory