Revolutionary War

2. What is the name of the bloody battle that took place on July 17, 1775 in Boston Massachusetts, where the British Army advanced on the Colonists?
5. Which army during the Revolutionary War was strong, trained and supported by a well-established government?
7. What colony did the British want to overtake in order to cut off the New England colonies and wait for their surrender?
8. Which British General showed poor leadership and slow-moving military tactics that caused a lack of British support for the Revolutionary War?
10. Which commander led the Continental troops during the Revolutionary war?
11. At which battle did General Washington nearly lose all of his men, in death or abandonment of the cause?
13. After which two famous battles in this one location did the British change their military strategy and decide to stay close to the shore and the strength of their Navy?
14. What battle ended the Revolutionary War?

1. Who negotiated the Treaty of Alliance, which aligned France with the Americans during the Revolutionary War?
3. Which city did the British capture by marching northward after winning the Battle of Brandywine Creek on September 11, 1777?
4. What was the common goal for the colonists?
6. During the Battle of Yorktown, which country’s Navy surrounded the British army?
9. Which British general found himself surrounded by land and sea during the Battle of Yorktown in 1781?
12. What river did General Washington cross in the night to lead a surprise attack on the British on Christmas day 1776?
15. of Paris Which treaty, signed in 1783, granted the United States full independence and set the boundaries of the nation?