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5th Revolutionary Wa
Chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wrote Common Sense | Thomas Paine |
| Wrote the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| Leader of the Continental Army | George Washington |
| Washington and troops stayed here the winter of 1777 | Valley Forge |
| Leader of Green Mountain Boys who took Ft. Ticonderoga | Ethan Allen |
| The Prussian who helped train soldiers at Valley Forge | Fredeirich Von Steuban |
| Professional soldiers from Germany | Hessians |
| Washington crossed this to surprise the Hessians | Delaware River |
| A female poet who wrote to keep public opinion on the side of the colonists | Phyllis Wheatley |
| Known for taking water to the troops during battle | Molly Pitcher |
| Visited France and helped convince them to join the war | Ben Franklin |
| A spy, who when caught, said: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." | Nathan Hale |
| A navy officer who said, "I have not yet begun to fight!" | John Paul Jones |
| A great leader in the continental army, who eventually becomes a traitor to the colonies | Benedict Arnold |
| One last attempt to reach peace with Britain. Sent by the Second Continental Army | Olive Branch Petition |
| The first person to sign the Declaration of Independence | John Hancock |
| The First and Second Continental Congress met here: | Philadelphia, PA |
| The last major battle of the Revolutionary War | Yorktown |
| The turning point in the Revolutionary War | Saratoga |
| The French decided to join the war after the colonists won this battle: | Saratoga |
| This battle is named for the wrong location | Battle of Bunker Hill |
| The British were hoping to cut the colonies in half at the Battle of ________________ | Saratoga |