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Chpt. 8 Riddle Cards
Chapter 8 Riddle Cards---- Madison Spencer
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| I am the colonies' new government. When? In 1774. | Provincial Congress |
| I am someone who will fight! But only if someone will pay for me. | mercenary |
| I am a war within one country. | civil war |
| Me? I'm for the crown! | loyalist |
| I think... "GO CONTINENTAL AND PROVINCIAL CONGRESS!" | patriot |
| I am a fight between small groups. | skirmish |
| I am a term where you take no sides. | neutral |
| I am similar to neutral, but with me, there is no winner, and no losers!! | stalemate |
| I am a document. I set up a government, and lay out the rules you will follow. | constitution |
| The vote for me was taken on July 1, 1776. I am all for Independence!! | Declaration of Independence |
| I try to take out an armed fort or town, by surrounding it, and cutting out it's supplies. | siege |
| I take things. Like when the British _____ the property of SC leaders. | confiscate |
| I will allow you to go home. Goodbye! | parole |
| I am like a surprise party! But I attack the enemy. I am a type of warfare... | guerrilla warfare |
| During the summer of 1775, was sent by the Provincial Congress to lead a group to try to persuade the Up Country residents to join the patriot side. | William Henry Drayton |
| I was led by William Henry Drayton to help pursued the upcountry. I am an Upcountry patriot representative who is from Kershaw of Camden | Joseph Kershaw |
| I was led by William Henry Drayton to help pursued the upcountry. I am an Upcountry patriot representative who is from the High Hills. | Richard Richardson |
| Son of Thomas Lynch, Sr. I was joined by Rutledge. | Thomas Lynch, Jr. |
| I was not eager for independence. I was in a group of four with Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton, and Edward Rutledge. | Thomas Heyward |
| The fort on Sullivan’s Island was renamed Fort Moultrie because of me. I was the commander of the South Carolina militia. | Arthur Middleton |
| I am a sergeant. A British cannonball knocked Fort Moultrie's flag over the wall. I went over the wall and rescued it. I was so heroic, that a county was named for me. | William Moultrie |
| I am a sergeant. A British cannonball knocked Fort Moultrie's flag over the wall. I went over the wall and rescued it. I was so heroic, that a county was named for me. | William Jasper |
| I am a general who helped win the Battle of Saratoga. Congress chose me as leader of an army. | Horatio Gates |
| I attacked the British in Georgia, but it was unsuccessful. This was in September. I stopped the corruption of Charles Town. | Benjamin Lincoln |
| I was executed in 1781 for being a traitor. I took arms after I accepted | Isaac Hayne |
| I was a Colonel for British Troops who attacked and killed Virginians at Waxhaws | Banastre Tarleton |
| I was in the Battle of Cowpens. I wanted to conjoin General Clinton’s army in New York City. I mounted an offensive against the Middle American colonies. | Lord Cornwallis |
| I was nicknamed the swamp fox | Francis Marion |
| I am known as the Gamecock. I led a raid with Francis Marion that kept the American's hopes up, but made the British angry. | Thomas Sumter |
| At the Battle of Kings Mountain, the men of the Up Country were defeated by the loyalist troops led by me. | Patrick Ferguson |
| I am a General that led American forces. I defeated British with help from Colonel Tarleton. | Daniel Morgan |
| I am a General who strategically planned the battle of Cowpens with help from General Morgan. | Nathanael Greene |
| I hosted Robert and William Cunningham, the loyalist leaders. Also John Lewis Gervais established a bill in 1786 to create a new capital near where the Broad and Saluda rivers meet, here! | Ninety Six |
| I am a duchy in today's Thuringia Germany | Saxe Gotha |
| I hold an unfinished fort! British General Henry Clinton wanted to capture the fort, and use it as a British Base. I was then renamed Fort Moultrie for General William Moultrie, after the commander of the South Carolina militia. | Sullivan’s Island |
| I was originally named “Sullivan’s Island”. SC’s state flag was created from the battle I hosted. | Fort Moultrie |
| I eventually was lost to the British in December 1778. Also the War for Independence was moved here, in 1777. | Savannah |
| British troops under the command of Colonel Banastre Tarleton slaughtered a regiment of Virginians, here. I am also Present-Day Lancaster County. | Waxhaws |
| A famous battle was located here. It started in August 16th, 1780. This was just a small battle within the American Revolutionary War. | Camden |
| Some people think that the success of Bratton’s actions started the events leading to the patrioc victory here. I also hosted a great battle, where Guerrilla Warfare was first used. | King's Moutain |
| I hosted a battle in January 17, 1781. I am also present-day Cherokee County | Cow Pens |
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