Terms of Revolutionary War

Question 0

Second Continental Congress

Answer 0

Made Army to go against the British in the war

Question 1

First Continental Congress

Answer 1

Tried to make peace treaties with the British to stop a war

Question 2

Militia

Answer 2

Small army for a town (Minutemen)

Question 3

Continental Army

Answer 3

Led by George Washington. Army for the Patriots.

Question 4

Common Sense

Answer 4

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Detailed what the British did wrong. Distributed in Philadelphia in December 1775.

Question 5

Declaration of Independence

Answer 5

Unalienable rights, Reasons for separation, Creation of the U.S.A

Question 6

Unalienable Rights

Answer 6

Life, Liberty, the pursuit of happiness

Question 7

Loyalists

Answer 7

Sided with the British.

Question 8

Patriots

Answer 8

Sided against the British.

Question 9

Women’s role in war

Answer 9

Raised money, made clothing, fought, transferred messages.

Question 10

Problems at valley forge

Answer 10

They didn’t have housing. Eating area was next to toilets. Smallpox spread through. Didn’t have shoes. Was a cold winter.

Question 11

War at sea

Answer 11

A few battles fought in the Atlantic Ocean between the Americans and the British.

Question 12

Treaty of Paris 1783

Answer 12

Treaty ending the revolutionary war.

Question 13

Guerrilla warfare

Answer 13

Swift hit-n-run tactics

Question 14

Southern Warfare

Answer 14

Everybody lines up and fires

Question 15

Mercenaries

Answer 15

Foreign soldiers that fought for pay

Question 16

Hessians

Answer 16

German mercenaries that came from a place in Germany called Hess.