Revolutionary War Flashcards
Virginia lawyer and war advocate
Patrick Henry
Polish general who helped the colonists
Count Pulaski
General who captured Montreal in 1777
Richard Montgomery
Sea captain who took the war to Britain
John Paul Jones
December 17 - 1773 raid
Boston Tea Party
“The Scribe of the Revolution”
Thomas Jefferson
First battle of the U.S. Revolution
Battle of Lexington
Lawyer who defended British soldiers of the Boston Massacre
John Adams
Battle that decided the U.S. Revolution
Yorktown
Revolution Pamphlateer and Common Sense author
Thomas Paine
Colonists who favored the British
Torries
George Washington’s command
The Continental Army
General who defeated Burgoyne
Horatio Gates
Colonial officer - father of Robert E. Lee
Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee
British-German mercenaries during the revolution
Hessians
British General who surrendered at Saratoga - 1777
John Burgoyne
Colonial ambassador to France
Benjamin Franklin
Organization of patriots founded by Ethan Allen
The Green Mountain boys
Patriot who captured fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Battle leading to the fall of Philadelphia
Brandywine
Second battle of the U.S. Revolution
Battle of Concord
Patriotic group established in 1765
Sons of Liberty
Prussian advisor to George Washington
Baron von Steuben
Pole who aided in the Battle of Saratoga
Thaddeus Kosciusko
South Carolina “Swamp Fox”
Francis Marion
Street clash on March 5 - 1770
Boston Massacre
Battle near Boston - 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill (Actually fought on Breed’s Hill)
Colonial major who defected to the British
Major John Andre
Federalist Papers (85 essays) author
Alexander Hamilton
Battle of Monmouth heroine
Molly Pitcher
Patriot spy caught and hanged
Nathan Hale
French aide to George Washington
Marquis de lafayette
General who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown
Charles Cornwallis
Colonial general who defected to the British
Benedict Arnold
Treaty that ended the U.S. Revolution
Treaty of Paris