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3. Topic 1: 200 • Question: • What is the definition of a Patriot? • Answer • A colonists who fought for freedom. Back

4. Topic 1: 400 • Question: • What are two advantages the Patriots had? • Answer • Leader (GW) • Home-field Advantage • Fighting for a cause • Allies • Strategy-Guerilla Warfare Back

5. Topic 1: 600 • Question: • What are two disadvantages the Patriots had? • Answer • Lack of: • Troops, supplies, ammo, weapons, clothes, untrained troops. Back

6. Topic 1: 800 • Question: • What was the name of the document that George Washington read to his troops to inspire them to fight before the Battle of Trenton. • Answer • The Crisis Back

7. Topic 1: 1000 • Question: • Who was the Prussian man that trained the troops at Valley Forge? • Answer • Fredrick von Steuben Back

8. Topic 2: 200 • Question: • What is the definition of a loyalists? • Answer • A colonists that remained loyal to Great Britain. Back

9. Topic 2: 400 • Question: • What are two British advantages. • Answer • Trained army, more money, supplies, troops. Back

10. Topic 2: 600 • Question: • What are two British disadvantages? • Answer • Didn’t know the land. Poor leadership, not fighting for anything, traditional warfare. Back

11. Topic 2: 800 • Question: • Who were the mercenaries (hired soldiers) that the British paid to fight for them. • Answer • The Hessians. Back

12. Topic 2: 1000 • Question: • What was the name of the treaty that Britain signed that stated they had to formally recognize the U.S. as an independent country. • Answer • Treaty of Paris-1783 Back

13. Topic 3: 200 • Question: • What was the name of the battle where George Washington did not loose one man? • Answer • Battle of Trenton Back

14. Topic 3: 400 • Question: • What was the name of the warfare that Washington used to defeat the British? • Answer • Guerilla Warfare. Back

15. Topic 3: 600 • Question: • What was the name of the last major Battle of the American Revolution? • Answer • Battle of Yorktown. Back

16. Topic 3: 800 • Question: • What was the name of the river that Washington crossed in the Battle of Trenton? • Answer • Delaware. Back

17. Topic 3: 1000 • Question: • What was the name of the battle that marked the end of the war in the north? • Answer • Battle of Monmouth. Back

18. Topic 4: 200 • Question: • What was the event that lasted from 1775 to 1783 between the British and the Patriots. • Answer • American Revolution. Back

19. Topic 4: 400 • Question: • What is the term for someone who leaves the military? • Answer • Deserter. Back

20. Topic 4: 600 • Question: • For which group did the Declaration of Independence raise hopes for as well as questions? • Answer • African Americans Back

21. Topic 4: 800 • Question: • What did the French send to the Battle of Yorktown to help the Americans win? • Answer • Their Navy. Back

22. Topic 4: 1000 • Question: • After which battle did the French publically support the American war effort and become their ally? • Answer • Battle of Saratoga. Back

23. Topic 5: 200 • Question: • What is the definition of a neutralist. • Answer • Someone who choose to not get involved in the war. Back

24. Topic 5: 400 • Question: • Who was chosen as leader of the Continental Army? • Answer • Washington. Back

25. Topic 5: 600 • Question: • Who was the leader of the British army. • Answer • Cornwallis. Back

26. Topic 5: 800 • Question: • Who wrote The Crisis? • Answer • Thomas Paine. Back

27. Topic 5: 1000 • Question: • Who was the Frenchmen that helped the troops at valley Forge by supplying them with clothes. • Answer • Marquis de Lafayette. Back

28. Bonus Question: 5000 pts. • Question: • What was Francis Marion’s nickname. He got it because he used guerilla warfare and faded into the swamps and forests like foxes. • Answer • … • The Swamp Fox. Back

29. Daily Double What was the name of the river that Washington crossed in the Battle of Trenton?

30. Daily Double Who was the leader of the British army.