Memorize these and you could recognize 47.6% of all American Revolution clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornwallis | 13 | Though defeated in the Revolution, he went on to become Governor-Gen. of India |
| 2 | John Paul Jones | 12 | When asked to surrender his battered ship, he replied, "I have not yet begun to fight" |
| 3 | the Marquis de Lafayette | 12 | After the war, this marquis returned to France with enough American soil in which to be buried |
| 4 | Paul Revere | 10 | Samuel Prescott made it to Concord to warn the patriots while this rider was captured en route |
| 5 | Benedict Arnold | 10 | Disgruntled officer urged by Washington not to quit, later turned traitor |
| 6 | George Washington | 8 | To keep his men busy during the winter, he had them build the militarily useless "Ft. Nonsense" |
| 7 | Baron von Steuben | 7 | This Prussian has been called the "First Teacher of the American Army" |
| 8 | Thomas Paine | 6 | In 1776, while encamped with Washington's troops, he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" |
| 9 | John Hancock | 6 | The only ones to sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 were Charles Thomson & this man |
| 10 | Concord | 6 | The main American arms storehouse was in this town less than 10 miles from Lexington |
| 11 | Bunker Hill | 6 | Lafayette's grave in France is covered with earth from this American hill |
| 12 | the whites of their eyes | 6 | The range of the American muskets was less than 100 yards, so troops on Breed's Hill were told this |
| 13 | Francis Marion | 6 | After the revolution this "Swamp Fox" became a state senator in South Carolina |
| 14 | Yorktown | 5 | In 1781, the British Gen. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington's forces at this site |
| 15 | Philadelphia | 5 | A 1777 victory at Brandywine Creek enabled the British to occupy this major city |
| 16 | Nathan Hale | 5 | He said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" |
| 17 | Molly Pitcher | 5 | America's "Gunga Din", Mrs. Mary Ludwig Hays, is better known by this name |
| 18 | France | 5 | On Feb. 6. 1778 this country became the 1st to recognize the independence of the United States |
| 19 | Ethan Allen | 5 | This Green Mountain Boy was captured by the British September 25, 1775 & held for over 2 1/2 years |
| 20 | the Hessians | 5 | The Battle of Long Island was the 1st time the Americans saw action against these soldiers |
| 21 | Savannah | 4 | In October 1779 French Admiral Jean d'Estaing & the patriots failed to retake this Georgia city |
| 22 | Benjamin Franklin | 4 | 1 of 4 men who represented the United States in the Paris peace negotiations with Britain |
| 23 | King George III | 4 | A statue in New York of this leader was toppled and later made into American bullets |
| 24 | Howe | 4 | Shortly after Bunker Hill, Thomas Gage was replaced by this general as British commander in chief |
| 25 | Valley Forge | 3 | During the winter of 1777-78 Baron von Steuben drilled & trained the men at this Penn. camp |
| 26 | the Delaware | 3 | Painter Charles Willson Peale crossed this river as a part of a battalion December 27, 1776 |
| 27 | the Bonhomme Richard | 3 | The Civil War featured the Monitor vs the Merrimack, the Revolution, the H.M.S Serapis vs this ship |
| 28 | Massachusetts | 3 | In Feb. 1775 Parliament said this colony was in rebellion, thus allowing the shooting of rebels on sight |
| 29 | Fort Ticonderoga | 3 | The British recaptured this fort on Lake Champlain in 1777, but abandoned it later that year |
| 30 | Common Sense | 3 | In 1776 John Adams rebutted this pamphlet with his own "Thoughts on Government" |
| 31 | Charleston | 3 | Fort Moultrie at this South Carolina port fell to the British May 6, 1780 |
| 32 | the Boston Massacre | 3 | Crispus Attucks was living under the name Michael Johnson when killed in this 1770 "massacre" |
| 33 | the Battle of Bunker Hill | 3 | The British had more casualties in this June 17, 1775 battle near Boston than in any other of the war |
| 34 | Minutemen | 3 | When Paul Revere & William Dawes were sent to awaken these soldiers, fewer than 100 showed up at Lexington |
| 35 | Continental Congress | 3 | In a July 6, 1775 declaration, this body still hoped for a reconciliation, not a split |
| 36 | Articles of Confederation | 3 | On July 9, 1778 delegates from 7 states signed this document |
| 37 | Alexander Hamilton | 3 | As a Lt. Colonel, he was aide-de-camp & sec'y to Gen. Washington, who later made him a cabinet secretary |
| 38 | Thomas Jefferson | 2 | Founding father who was called "Father of the Declaration of Independence" |
| 39 | the Stamp Act | 2 | Just 1 year after it was passed in 1765, this hated British tax law was repealed |
| 40 | the Green Mountain Boys | 2 | Ethan Allen led this fighting group in Vermont |
| 41 | tea | 2 | The first of the "Intolerable Acts" would have been repealed if the colonists had paid for this dumped item |
| 42 | South Carolina | 2 | The Battle of Cowpens was fought in a cattle-grazing area in the north of this "Palmetto State" |
| 43 | Sons of Liberty | 2 | Isaac Barre called those who protested the Stamp Act "Sons of" this & the name stuck |
| 44 | Sam Adams | 2 | Cousin to our 2nd President, this rebel leader was Massachusetts governor from 1793-1797 |
| 45 | Quebec | 2 | General Richard Montgomery was killed December 31, 1775 leading a hopeless attack on this Canadian city |
| 46 | Patrick Henry | 2 | Opposing the Stamp Act, this patriot said, "If this be treason, make the most of it" |
| 47 | New Jersey | 2 | The Battle of Monmouth in this state was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War in the north |
| 48 | Montreal | 2 | The colonists captured this Canadian city but gave it up after the attack on Quebec failed |
| 49 | Lord North | 2 | Prime minister during the war, some later called him "the minister who lost America" |
| 50 | Lake Champlain | 2 | In May 1775 Benedict Arnold & Ethan Allen captured Forts Crown Point & Ticonderoga on this lake |