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Declaration Of Independence (04 July 1776) to Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown (19 October 1781). The Battle of Lexington (19 April 1775) to Treaty of Paris (26 November 1783). The Battle of Bunker Hill (17 June 1775) to Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown (19 October 1781). General Washington's army crossed the Delaware River and attacked the town of Trenton, capturing most of the Hessians garrisoned there. The Battle of Princeton took place. British forces under General Howe captured the City of New York. The Intercolonial War. War For Colonial Independence. War Of American Independence. The small Dutch island of St. Eustatius. France. The Swiss Confederation. Postage stamps. Official documents, legal papers and printed materials. Tea boxes stamped with the crest of the King of England. True; the response the British made to the uprising known as the Boston Tea Party was severe, and no other similar actions were attempted. True; Boston was the only port into which the East India Company was licensed to deliver tea. False; there were numerous responses throughout the colonies to the Tea Tax, similar to the Boston Tea Party. It was the original version of the Declaration of Independence. It was the letter sent to each colony to request delegates to attend a continental congress. It was an attempt at reconciliation between Great Britain and the colonies. He was a school teacher, and he was hanged for spying on the British encamped on Long Island. He was a tory (a British sympathizer) who changed sides and assisted in Washington's attack on Trenton, but who was taken prisoner by the British in that battle. He was a preacher, and was hanged for delivering seditious sermons. They were trained to fight primarily with the halberd, a long pole surmounted with a pointed metal tip. They threw grenades at the enemy. The name was derived from the Spanish word granados referring to the gold braid that was sewn on the shoulders of their bright red coats. The cockades that were worn in their tricorn hats were of different color material. The fifers and drummers of each regimental unit played a distinct tune when they charged forward. The facings on their coats were unique colors. New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantation, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Carolina and Georgia. Quebec, Ile St. Jean, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. A flintlock musket had a barrel that was totally smooth inside, while the matchlock musket's barrel had incised spiral lines down its length. A flintlock musket used a piece of flint to strike a spark to ignite the gunpowder while a matchlock musket used a lighted cord to set flame to the gunpowder. A flintlock musket used a piece of flint to strike a spark to ignite the gunpowder while a matchlock musket used a percussion cap to ignite the gunpowder. Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Adams Paul Revere and Parson Mason Weems John Adams and Josiah Quincy A cat-o'-nine-tails was a whip consisting of a short wooden handle to which were attached nine short leather cords, each having with nine knots tied in their lengths. A cat-o'-nine-tails was a nine-feet long braided leather whip that ended in four or five strands, each of which had a piece of sharp metal attached. A cat-o'-nine-tails was a whip made from nine three-feet long reed strips attached to a wood handle. The battle of Bunker Hill on 17 June 1775. The siege of Yorktown between 28 September and 18 October 1781. The two battles of Saratoga, between 19 September and 07 October 1777. Department | Division | Brigade | Battalion (later Regiment) | Company Regiment | Battalion | Division | Company State | Brigade | Regiment | Battalion | Company Quebec Jamaica Nova Scotia France, Spain and Russia France, Spain and Netherlands France, Mexico and Ireland He was a member of the Massachusetts General Assembly and urged his fellow members for the removal of Governor Thomas Gage in June 1775. He negotiated with the Canadians holding Fort Ticonderoga for the purchase of twenty-four twelve-pounder cannon and fifteen mortars. He created the Boston Committee of Correspondence in November 1772. Christian Annicks was an African-born slave who had gained his freedom less than a year before being a casualty in the Boston Massacre of 05 March 1770. Christina Alricks was baking bread in her kitchen in a house beside the Boston Old State House when a stray bullet fired from a British musket came through the wall, striking and instantly killing her. Crispus Attucks, the son of an African slave father and an Indian mother, was the first of the Boston Massacre participants to be killed in the incident. Lord Frederick North Lord William Pitt Lord George Grenville It was the musketfire at North Bridge at Concord. It was the first musketfire shot at Lexington. It was cannonfire from the British ship, the HMS Cerberus onto Breed's Hill on 17 June 1775. The militiamen defending hastily constructed redoubts on the summit of Breed's Hill were told that by their commanders in order to save their gunpowder and bullets. The militiamen defending hastily constructed redoubts on the summit of Breed's Hill were told that by their commanders in order that their aim would be more accurate. The militiamen defending hastily constructed redoubts on the summit of Breed's Hill were told that by their commanders in order to make sure that they identified the attackers as British Army troops and not commit 'friendly fire' on other militiamen who might be making their way up the hill. Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Kazimierz Michal Wladyslaw Wiktor Pulaski Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben He served with distinction at Saratoga. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, he ordered his men to not fire till they saw the whites of the British troops' eyes. He served in the New York General Assembly. True ~ After their capture on 26 December 1776 at Trenton, most of the German troops under Colonel Johann Rall were settled in the western regions of New York Province, and many were known to have joined Washington's army. False ~ The Hessian troops captured at Trenton were kept imprisoned at Allentown, Pennsylvania until they were tranferred to New York City in October 1783. True ~ George Washington's personal guard consisted of Germans he had captured at Trenton, and who sympathized with the Patriot Cause. The Edenton Tea Party was a meeting of women at Edenton, North Carolina during which they declared a boycott on British tea. The Edenton Tea Party was, like the Boston Tea Party, the destruction of chests of tea by disguised Sons of Liberty at Edenton, North Carolina. The Edenton Tea Party was a gathering of women at Edenton, North Carolina during which they petitioned Governor Hutchins Burton to declare the province of North Carolina a loyalist province. A liberty pole would have a 'phrygian cap' at its top. A liberty pole would have a pennant, with the word 'Attention' printed on it. A liberty pole would have been painted red. Nathan Hale, when captured by the British, gave this quote just before he was hung for espionage. This quote comes from General George Washington during the bivouac at Valley Forge. Thomas Paine included it in his book, The American Crisis. Thomas Jefferson was one of only a few of the delegates to the Continental Congress who actually knew how to write. Thomas Jefferson received the most votes when a committee was chosen to write the document. John Adams was the first choice of the delegates to the Continental Congress to write the Declaration, but he became ill and was incapacitated, so Thomas Jefferson stepped in and completed the task. The bore of the cannon's barrel measured twelve centimeters and the word 'pound' was used to represent one centimeter in artillery. Cannon 'poundages' referred to the weight of the barrel alone. The type and weight of the carriage would vary greatly, so it was not indicated in the name. The cannon ball fired from a twelve-pounder weighed approximately twelve pounds. It was a British prison ship. It was the affectionate name given to the large mortar aimed toward the Patriots' Fort Lee on the opposite bank of the Hudson River. It was a tavern frequented by General William Howe's army of occupation and the many Loyalists who remained in the city. Hesse-Kassel, Wurzburg and Anhalt-Zerbst Hesse-Kassel, Bayreuth, Lingen-Hersfeld and Osnabruck Hesse-Kassel, Ansbach-Bayreuth, Hesse-Hanau and Brunswick Breeches Overalls Pantaloons Molly Pitcher was actually Mary Hays, who in the act of carrying water to the artillery troops, took over her husband's role of swabbing the cannon barrel when he collapsed. Molly Pitcher was the nickname given to Margaret Corbin who took her fallen husband's place at a cannon at the battle of Fort Washington in 1776. Molly Pitcher was the nickname given to any female camp follower who carried water to the troops. Cockade Tricorne Bicorne The name 'small sword' denoted any single-edged bladed weapon measuring forty centimeters or less in length. The 'small sword' was a light bladed weapon designed for thrusting that developed out of the rapier. The 'small sword' was a short, single-edged bladed weapon, similar to the Scottish sgian-dubh, worn in the waistband. Kaskaskia (in the Northwest Territory, present-day state of Illinois) St. Louis (in the Louisianna Territory, present-day state of Missouri) Fort Detroit (in the Michigan Territory, present-day state of Michigan) Nantucket Jamaica Bermuda John Dickinson's Olive Branch Petition The first, conciliatory draft of the Declaration of Independence The Franklin-Adams Peace Commission Valcour Island (the Quebec Expedition) Long Island and Harlem Heights Bunker/Breed's Hill The Battle of the Saints The Battle of Flamborough Head The Battle of Valparaiso John Paul Jones during the Battle of the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis, 23 September 1779. Patrick Henry at the Second Virginia Convention, 23 March 1775. Nathan Hale prior to being hanged on 21 September 1776. The Swamp Fox was the codename given to John Andre by Benedict Arnold. The Swamp Fox was Francis Marion who outwitted the British army under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. The Swamp Fox was the nickname given to Henry Lee by General George Washington after the Battle of Paulus Hook. It was the leather strap that fastened under the belly of a horse and secured the saddle. It was the wooden rod used to tamp a bullet and black powder into the barrel of a musket. It was an iron object having four points that was used to cause injury to horse hooves and men's feet if stepped on. Francois~Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse Marie~Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette Jean~Baptiste~Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau The Great Siege of Gibralter The Battle of Cuddalore The Second Battle of Louisbourg Cherokee, Miami, Mohawk and Seneca Creek, Cayuga, Mohican and Wyandot Delaware, Micmac, Oneida and Tuscarora No, after Yorktown there were over thirty-five engagements / battles world-wide. No, after Yorktown the War continued for four years in the Ohio Valley and the Northwest Territory. Yes, all armed resistance came to a halt throughout the thirteen colonies and elsewhere in the world.