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Revolutionary war

People

Question: Who were the patriots?

Answer: The patriots were men that fought for no pay.

Question: Who were minutemen?
Answer: Minutemen were soldiers that could be ready for battle in a minute.

Question: Who led the continental army?
Answer: George Washington led the continental army.

Question: Who was John Paul Jones?
Answer: John Paul Jones was a naval hero who captured the British ships.

Question: Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
Answer: He was a wealthy Frenchman that helped the colonies.

Battles

Question: Who won the battle of Saratoga?
Answer: The colonies.

Question: Who won the battle of Trenton?
Answer: The patriots

Question: Why was valley forge important?
Answer: It proved that the colonists could take on the British army.

Question: Who fought in the revolutionary war?
Answer: The colonists and Britain.

Question: What did the battle of bunker hill prove?
Answer: The battle of bunker hill proved that the patriots could battle the British army.

Independence

Question: What did the Declaration of Independence declare?
Answer: Independence from Britain

Question: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Question: Who wrote common Sense?
Answer: Thomas Paine

Question: Who negotiated Peace with the British?
Answer: Benjamin Franklin

Question: When was the Declaration of Independence approved by Congress (full date)
Answer: July 4th, 1776

Yorktown

Question: How did the fighting go in the south?
Answer: Very brutal fighting

Question: How did Washington win the battle of Yorktown?
Answer: He blocked the British escape by land!

Question: Who negotiated peace with the British
Answer: Ben Franklin

Question: What was the battle of Yorktown?
Answer: British General moved his troops to Yorktown and attacked

Question: What happened with the treaty if Paris?
Answer: Britain recognized the colonies as an independent country!

Strengths and weaknesses

Question: What were the strengths of the British army?
Answer: Well trained soldiers, endless supplies.

Question: What were the weaknesses of the British army?
Answer: They had to cross the Atlantic Ocean, they used mercenaries as soldiers

Question: What were the strengths of the colonial army?
Answer: Fighting for a cause, and help from other country's

Question: What were the weaknesses of the colonial army?
Answer: Untrained soldiers, little supplies, and a small navy

Question: What were some of the strengths and weaknesses that are the most important?
Answer: Colonies- little supplies, small navy

British- endless supplies, huge navy