Match the Following People and Events of the Revolutionary War

US History

Chapter 6

Revolutionary War Review

Match the following people and events of the Revolutionary War.

1. Treaty of Paris - ______

2. Nathan Hale - ______

3. Thomas Paine - ______

4. Declaration of Independence - ______

5. Francis Marion - ______

6. Nathaniel Green - ______

7. Valley Forge - ______

8. Battle of King's Mountain - ______

9. Thomas Jefferson - ______

10. William Prescott - ______

11. Marquis de Lafayette - ______

12. Battle of Bunker Hill - ______

13. Battle of Saratoga - ______

14. Molly Pitcher - ______

15. Battle of Trenton - ______

16. George Washington - ______

17. Benedict Arnold - ______

18. Battle of Lexington and Concord - ______

19. Mercenaries - ______

20. Battle of Yorktown - ______

21. George Rogers Clarke - ______

22. Ethan Allen - ______

23. Olive Branch Petition - ______

24. Loyalists - ______

25. Fort Ticonderoga - ______

26. John Paul Jones - ______

27. Second Continental Congress - ______

28. Patriots - ______

29. Friedrich von Steuben - ______

30. Battle of Long Island - ______

a. Leader of the Virginia militia known as the Green Mountain Boys.

b. The first major American victory in the South.

c. One of America's worst defeats where Washington's army escaped in a fog.

d. He said, "I have not yet begun to fight."

e. He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

f. He said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

g. Prussian officer who trained Washington's troops.

h. Americas who opposed Britain during the war.

i. Commander of the Continental Army who kept the army together throughout the war.

j. America's last attempt at peace with Britain.

k. Ended the Revolutionary War and set up agreements between Britain and the U.S.

l. Last battle of the Revolutionary War.

m. Commander of the army in the South.

n. Young Frenchman who brought soldier to help the Patriot cause; Washington's friend.

o. He wrote the pamphlets Common Sense and The Crisis.

p. Resourceful American who won the Battle of Vincennes in the West.

q. The "Swamp Fox" who used guerilla warfare against the British in the South.

r. Symbolic victory that raised American morale.

s. Bleakest (darkest) time for the Americans during the war.

t. Woman who loaded and fired cannons during battle after her husband wounded.

u. 4 part document that declares America's freedom fromBritain.

v. America's central government during the war.

w. Soldiers hired from another country.

x. He said, "Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes."

y. Place where Ethan Allen captured a valuable supply of cannons.

z. Turning point of the Revolutionary War.

aa. First major battle which America lost, but they showed great courage.

bb. Americas who remained loyal to Britain during the war.

cc. First battle of the Revolutionary War.

dd. America's first traitor.