American revolution a-z words

Answer 1

· Adams, John

· Bunker Hill, Battle of

· Continental Congress

· Declaration of Independence

· England

· Fort Ticonderoga

· Gage, General Thomas (Commander-in-Chief of the British army in North America)

· Henry, Patrick (American statesman who gave the famous "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in May 1775)

· Independence Hall (Philadelphia, PA)

· Jefferson, Thomas (headed the committee charged with writing the Declaration of Independence)

· King George III (king of England)

· Lexington, battle of

· Monmouth Court House, battle of

· Nelson, Jr., Thomas (American statesman & military leader; one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence)

· Orinsky, Battle of

· Paul Revere

· Quebec (In 1775 & 1776 American forces attacked the British in what is now Quebec, Canada)

· Redcoats

· Saratoga, Battle of

· Treaty of Paris

· United States

· Valley Forge

· Whigs (those who favored independence)

· Xavier Cathedral in Vincennes, Indiana. People who died in the Battle of Vincennes during the Revolutionary War were buried in the cemetery at Xavier Cathedral.

· Yorktown (VA), Battle of

· Zweibrucken Regiment