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American Revolution

People

Question: Who wrote Common Sense?
Answer: Thomas Paine. It talked about breaking away from Britain

Question: Who led the Continental Army?
Answer: George Washingtion

Question: Who was Marquis de Lafayette? Who was John Paul Jones?
Answer: Marquis de Lafayette volunteered to fight in the Continental Army without pay. John Paul Jones captured British supply ships. He was the hero of the Patriot Navy. The British considered him a pirate.

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

Question: Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence declared the colonies independence from Britain.

Armies/Battles

Question: What battle was the turning point in the American Revolution?
Answer: Battle of Saratoga in New York, Patriots won

Question: Why did Washington cross the Delaware River?
Answer: For a surprise attack on Trenton, Patriots won.

Question: Who was the Continental Army?
Answer: A force that includes soldiers from all colonies and would fight against the British.

Question: What did the Battle of bunker Hill prove?
Answer: It proved that even though they lost the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Patriots could take on the British.

Question: What was the Battle of Yorktown?
Answer: It was the last major battle in the American Revolution. Patriots blocked escape of land and sea for theBritish. Patriots won.

Strengths/weaknesses

Question: What were the strengths of the Colonial Army?
Answer: STRENGTHS:
Help from other countries
Fighting for a cause

Question: What were the weaknesses of the Colonial Army?
Answer: WEAKNESSES:
Untrained soldiers
Little supplies
Small Navy

Question: What were the strengths of the British Army?
Answer: We'll trained soldiers, endless supplies, large, powerful army

Question: What were the weaknesses of the British Army?
Answer: WEAKNESSES:
Had to cross the Atlantic Ocean
Used mercenaries as soldiers

Question: Who helped the Patriots?
Answer: Sprain and France because Britain was their rival/enemy

Independence/rights

Question: What were two reasons why America wanted to break away from Britain?
Answer: The taxes the put in place and the closing of Boston Harbor.

Question: What is one right the colonists believed they had that the British were not giving them?
Answer: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Question: What are three groups of people the Declaration of Independence did not change anything for?
Answer: Women, slaves, and Native Americans

Question: When was the Declaration of Independence approved by Congress?
Answer: July 4th, 1776

Question: What happened with the Treaty of Paris?
Answer: Britain recognized the colonies as an independent country in 1783

Random facts

Question: Who were minutemen?
Answer: People who were ready to fight at a minutes notice

Question: Who was the Revolutionary War between?
Answer: Britain and the colonies

Question: Who were mercenaries?
Answer: Foreign soldiers who fought for pay.

Question: What happened at Valley Forge?
Answer: Washington camped his 12,000 men there over a harsh winter. It tested the strength of the Patriots. 2,000 men died

Question: How did fighting go in the South?
Answer: Bad, brutal fighting, war was going bad for the Patriots.