Are you ready

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Are you ready?
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UNIT 2
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
Mr Hayner Line Mountain Jr/Sr High Social
Studies
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Some reminders aboutthe game

• Answer the question on your sheet
• Circle the amount you win when you answer the
  question correctly
• These ANSWERS are written in the form of ANSWERS
  to make it easier to help you study

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Categories and amounts
PEOPLE
WAR
TERMS
BATTLES
ETC.
100
100
100
100
100
200
200
200
200
200
300
300
300
300
300
400
400
400
400
400
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The nickname of British general John Burgoyne
PEOPLE 100
Gentleman Johnny
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I am the main British general in the South at the
end of the war, I must surrender at Yorktown
PEOPLE 200
General Cornwallis
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I came to America from France to help the
colonists, donated much of my own money to
Colonial troops
PEOPLE 300
Marquis de Lafayette
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Led colonial soldiers into the Ohio River Valley
to capture British forts along the river
PEOPLE 400
George Rogers Clark
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Where in the colonies were most Loyalists located
during the war (two possible answers)
WAR 100
South or New York
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This group of soldiers were paid to fight for the
British but were from Germany
WAR 200
Hessians
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Which European country joins France in helping
the colonies during the war
WAR 300
Spain
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About 25 of Washingtons men died at Valley
Forge of this (must have all 3 answers)
WAR 400
Starvation, disease, or exposure to cold
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A soldier who is paid to fight for another country
TERMS 100
mercenary
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Fighting technique where you fight small battles
and then retreat, quick attacks
TERMS 200
guerrilla warfare
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A person who used their own boat to capture
British ships at sea during the war
TERMS 300
privateer
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A type of government in which the people are in
charge of running the government, not a king
TERMS 400
republicanism
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Washingtons surprise attack on this town gave
the colonial troops food and supplies
BATTLES 100
Battle of Trenton
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This battle known as the turning point of the
war because it convinces other countries to help
BATTLES 200
Battle of Saratoga
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This battle was the last major battle of the war
BATTLES 300
Battle of Yorktown
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Francis Marions nickname during the war he
helped the colonists with his knowledge of the
land
BATTLES 400
Swamp Fox
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The name of the articles written by Tomas Paine
to boost the spirits of the colonial soldiers
ETC. 100
The American Crisis
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I came from Germany to help train Washingtons
troops, made them more efficient
ETC. 200
Baron von Steuben
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This treaty formally ends the war
ETC. 300
Treaty of Paris 1783
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Which famous sea captain is quoted as saying I
have not yet begun to fight
ETC. 400
John Paul Jones
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