American Revolution Study Guide

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Cornwallis 13 John Paul Jones 12 the Marquis de Lafayette 12 Paul Revere 10 Benedict Arnold 10 George Washington 8

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Revolutionary Era

30 answers | 136 clues

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John Paul Jones 12x 8.3% stumper $717 avg J:4 DJ:8

J $200 1996 Commanding the Providence, he raided British fisheries & seized 16 enemy ships

DJ $600 1996 In 1778 this U.S. captain's crew looted the Earl of Selkirk's mansion on St. Mary's Isle

DJ $2,000 2012 In 1781 he returned to the U.S. & supervised the building of the America, the Navy's largest vessel

the Marquis de Lafayette 12x $425 avg J:7 DJ:5

J $100 1995 In July 1777 Congress granted a commission but no command to this 19-year-old French nobleman

DJ $800 2011 In 2002 this French general became only the sixth person to be named an honorary U.S. citizen

DJ $1,600 2002 James Armistead, a slave who served as a spy for this Frenchman, took his name after the war

Paul Revere 10x 10.0% stumper $430 avg J:3 DJ:7

J $100 2000 This silversmith briefly served in the militia taking part in the disastrous Penobscot Expedition

DJ $2,000 DD 2017 In the early hours of April 19, 1775, he returned to Lexington to retrieve papers from John Hancock's trunk

J $100 1987 Samuel Prescott made it to Concord to warn the patriots while this rider was captured en route

George Washington 8x 12.5% stumper $262 avg J:4 DJ:4

J $200 2008 On July 4, 1776 this head of the army was in New York preparing for a British attack

J $200 1997 Col. Lewis Nicola led a movement to make this man king of America

J $400 2025 After losing the Battle of Long Island, this man asked for permission to burn down NYC so that the British couldn't take it

Should-Know (10)

Baron von Steuben 7x 14.3% stumper $929 avg J:1 DJ:6

J $800 2018 (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA.) The standard for military training in the United States through the War of 1812 was amanualof regulations, written by this Prussian officer who...

DJ $900 DD 1994 This Prussian has been called the "First Teacher of the American Army"

DJ $1,000 1998 During the winter of 1778-79, this Prussian wrote the first American army manual of drill & regulations

Thomas Paine 6x $500 avg DJ:6

DJ $200 1993 On December 19, 1776 he began publishing a series of 16 pamphlets called "The Crisis"

DJ $800 1996 In 1776 he wrote in "The Crisis", "Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered"

DJ $400 1994 Trained as a corset maker in England, he came to America & wrote a series of essays called "The Crisis"

John Hancock 6x 50.0% stumper $1,133 avg DJ:6

DJ $200 1997 This patriot was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

DJ $1,000 1998 Elected president of Congress in absentia in November 1785, he never served & resigned in 1786

DJ $200 1994 Only Charles Thomson & this man signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776

Concord 6x 16.7% stumper $383 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $100 1998 Fighting started April 19, 1775 with a battle in Lexington that spread to this nearby town

DJ $800 2012 On April 19, 1775 British troops marched from Boston to destroy arms & gunpowder stored in this town

DJ $200 1992 The main American arms storehouse was in this town less than 10 miles from Lexington

Francis Marion 6x 50.0% stumper $1,233 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $400 1993 Known for his bold raids in the swamps of the Carolinas, this guerrilla received the thanks of Congress

DJ $600 1994 This Swamp Fox often battled alongside George Washington's cousin William

DJ $1,600 2015 After the revolution this "Swamp Fox" became a state senator in South Carolina

Yorktown 5x $900 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $300 1997 About 8,000 British prisoners were taken in this last major battle of the war

J $800 2018 A British band played a tune titled "The World Turned Upside Down" during the surrender here on Oct. 19, 1781

J $1,000 2018 (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA.) Here, you come face to face with some of the last survivors of the Revolutionary War, photographed late in life, like Lemuel Cook, who lived pa...

Philadelphia 5x 40.0% stumper $1,360 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1994 Howe's troops entered this Penn. city Sept. 26, 1777, but the Continental Congress had already fled

DJ $800 1989 A 1777 victory at Brandywine Creek enabled the British to occupy this major city

DJ $5,000 DD 1998 On September 11, 1777, the Americans retreated from Brandywine Creek allowing the British to occupy this city

Nathan Hale 5x 20.0% stumper $580 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 1997 Hanged as a spy on September 22, 1776, his body probably still lies somewhere in midtown Manhattan

DJ $600 1995 After the capture & execution of this man as a spy, Benjamin Tallmadge set up a better spy network

DJ $1,600 2017 No one knows where exactly in New York City this hero of the Revolution was hanged as a spy Sept. 22, 1776

France 5x $340 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $100 1991 On Feb. 6. 1778 this country became the 1st to recognize the independence of the United States

DJ $800 1992 This country's fleet blocked the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, allowing an American victory at Yorktown

J $200 2025 In 1778 the revolutionaries formed an alliance with this country, leading to decisive support & reinforcements

King George III 4x 50.0% stumper $750 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $400 2018 (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA.) On July 9, 1776, just hours after the Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time in New York, a patriotic mob tore down a...

DJ $1,000 1994 This enemy of the colonies was the first of the Hanoverians born in England

DJ $400 2017 After the fall of Yorktown, he drafted a letter of abdication but never presented it to Parliament

Worth Knowing (16)

the Delaware 3 Fort Ticonderoga 3 Common Sense 3 the Battle of Bunker Hill 3 Minutemen 3 Continental Congress 3 Alexander Hamilton 3 Thomas Jefferson 2 South Carolina 2 Sons of Liberty 2 Sam Adams 2 New Jersey 2 Lord North 2 Georgia 2 Betsy Ross 2 Trenton 2

Other

22 answers | 68 clues

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Bunker Hill 6x 16.7% stumper $483 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $200 1998 On June 16, 1775 American forces didn't stop at this hill but went on to defend Breed's Hill

J $500 1997 It's unclear whether Israel Putnam or William Prescott commanded this June 17, 1775 battle

DJ $400 1988 Lafayette's grave in France is covered with earth from this American hill

the whites of their eyes 6x $467 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 1998 At Bunker Hill, Colonel Prescott is said to have ordered, "Don't one of you fire until you see" these

DJ $800 1991 The range of the American muskets was less than 100 yards, so troops on Breed's Hill were told this

J $200 1989 At the Battle of Bunker Hill Gen. Israel Putnam warned his troops, "Don't fire until you see" this

Molly Pitcher 5x 20.0% stumper $1,000 avg DJ:5

DJ $800 1994 At the Battle of Monmouth, her husband, John Hays, was a gunner in a Pennsylvania regiment

DJ $1,000 1996 The Battle of Monmouth, a sweaty 1778 stalemate, is perhaps best remembered for this heroine

DJ $1,000 DD 1995 Nickname of tobacco-chewing Mary Hays, known for fighting alongside male soldiers

Ethan Allen 5x $1,100 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1996 N.Y. governor William Tryon put a reward of 100 pounds on the capture of this Green Mountain Boys leader

DJ $1,600 2015 This "Green Mountain Boy" was captured by the British in September 1775 & held prisoner for 2 years

J $300 1995 His younger brother Ira was also a Green Mountain Boy

the Hessians 5x $960 avg DJ:5

DJ $200 2001 In the Battle of Trenton, these German mercenaries were under the command of Col. Johann Rall

DJ $600 1989 The Battle of Long Island was the 1st time the Americans saw action against these soldiers

DJ $1,600 2018 These European soldiers were offered 50 acres, a cow & 2 pigs to desert & fight for America

Savannah 4x $1,050 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 2017 In December 1778 the British navy easily captured this port; soon all of Georgia was under British control

DJ $1,000 1989 In October 1779 French Admiral Jean d'Estaing & the patriots failed to retake this Georgia city

DJ $1,200 2015 A slave, Quamino Dolly, led the British through swamps to attack the Colonists at the 1778 battle of this Ga. port

Howe 4x 50.0% stumper $875 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $500 1991 Last name of brothers William & Richard, who led British land & sea forces respectively

DJ $1,000 1996 This commander of British forces resigned in 1778 following crticisms of his inactivity

DJ $1,000 1994 In Pennsylvania, at Brandywine & Germantown, Washington engaged British troops led by this general

Worth Knowing (15)

Valley Forge 3 the Bonhomme Richard 3 Charleston 3 the Stamp Act 2 the Green Mountain Boys 2 tea 2 Quebec 2 Patrick Henry 2 Montreal 2 Lake Champlain 2 Casimir Pulaski 2 Brandywine 2 Boston 2 the Treaty of Paris 2 General Burgoyne 2

Colonial / Exploration

5 answers | 25 clues

Must-Know (1)

Cornwallis 13x 7.7% stumper $708 avg J:2 DJ:11

J $400 1987 Though defeated in the Revolution, he went on to become Governor-Gen. of India

DJ $600 1996 After his surrender at Yorktown, this general reformed colonial administration in India

DJ $1,000 1993 As a major general, he captured Philadelphia for the British in 1777

Should-Know (1)

Benjamin Franklin 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1989 This man's son, who helped his dad with the famous "kite experiment", sided with the Tories

DJ $800 1985 Provisional congress of N.J. arrested that colony's loyalist governor, son of this patriot

DJ $200 1998 New Jersey's last royal governor was an illegitimate son of this Philadelphia printer-inventor

Worth Knowing (3)

Massachusetts 3 the Boston Massacre 3 George Rogers Clark 2

Modern (post-1990)

1 answers | 10 clues

Must-Know (1)

Benedict Arnold 10x $522 avg J:3 DJ:6 FJ:1

DJ $400 1984 Disgruntled officer urged by Washington not to quit, later turned traitor

DJ $600 1994 Born in Connecticut, he was a general in both the American & British armies during the war

DJ $1,500 DD 1996 In 1779 he married 18-year-old Peggy Shippen, a close acquaintance of Major John Andre

Civil War

2 answers | 5 clues

Worth Knowing (2)

Articles of Confederation 3 Thomas Sumter 2

Ancient

1 answers | 2 clues

Worth Knowing (1)

the Declaration of Independence 2

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