Cards in this guide (28)
When did the French become involved in the American Revolutionary War
Who led a group of rugged farmers to northern New York to fight
The British general who won the Battle of Bunker Hill was
Who was the british commander in Boston in 1775
The new American army was called the
The new American army was called the Continental Army
Who was the French navy admiral who helped defeat Cornwallis
The French fleet under Admiral DeGrasse (François-Joseph Paul,
marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse) kept the British fleet
from reinforcing or evacuating Cornwallis's forces at Yorktown. His
ships defeated the British Admiral Thomas Graves in the Battle of
the Chesapeake.
The document that was adopted by the Congress in 1775 and declared that the colonies would still be loyal to the king and Great Britain was called the
During the American Revolutionary War which countries participated in the war and provided aid for the colonists
France Germany Spain and the Netherlands
The section of the Declaration of Independence is considered a declaration of war
A is an armed ship that is owned by an individual or a group of investors
The Dutch alone had been responsible for bringing about how many slaves to colonial America
120,000
The Dutch alone had been responsible for bringing approximately 120,000 slaves to colonial America. Slavery in the United States was abolished in 1865.
Which colonies had the strong support of many Native American tribes
How many Americans were killed at Lexington and became the first deaths of the American Revolution
Who did the members of the First Continental Congress send their requests to
When King George III was asked to end the Intolerable Acts what resulted
What document drawn at the meeting in Philadelphia in 1774 described the rights of colonists
declaration of rights and grievances
Who ordered cannons be brought from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston
The shot heard 'round the world was fired at the Old North Bridge in which city
Who signaled William Dawes and Paul Revere the direction from which the British were approaching
The document drawn at the meeting in Philadelphia in 1774 included what rights
all the answers are correct
And his men volunteered to bring the cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston
Henry Knox and his men volunteered to bring the cannons from
Fort Ticonderoga back to Boston in 1775. Knox used ox sleds to
bring 50 captured cannons back to Boston.
Who retreated as a result of the fighting at the North Bridge
What was actually the governing body of the thirteen colonies during the American Revolutionary War
The Second Continental Congress (1775-1781).
The Second Continental Congress met for the on May 10 1775 less than a month after the outbreak of war
Which was one of the objectives of the British to win the Revolutionary War
To take control of the seat of the revoltionary government
Was it a loyalist or a patriot who said give you liberty or give you death
It was a patriot who said, directed at the British, Give ME
liberty or give ME death.
His name was Patrick Henry and he went on to become governor of
Virginia.
Determined to win against the Americans king George hired German soldiers to fight for Britain
Yes, King George hired German soldiers to fight for Britain
Was a black soldier who fought bravely during the battle of bunker hill (1775)