The group that took control of the army at Boston and asked the colonies for supplies and troops and helped write the Declaration of Independence.
Second, continental Congress 
The document conveying a desire for peace and sent to the king.
Olive branch petition
True or false Those who favored fighting the British were known as Patriots
True
German group of mercenaries hired by the British.
Hessians
What TWO British leaders defeated the colonists at Bunker Hill?
Gage and Howe
The date of the final approval of the Declaration of Independence?
July 4th 1776
The Connecticut schoolteacher who courageously died as a spy for his country who said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Nathan hale
The war shifted from the North to the South after the Battle of_____________ and became a major turning point for the Patriots.
The “over-mountain” men were victorious over Patrick Ferguson and his Loyalist troops at __________.
The British surrendered in 1781 at __________
The end of the war officially came in 1783 when the Treaty of _________ was signed
The treaty of Paris
This British General did not continue to Albany, New York and lost at Saratoga.
This Patriot General organized a force out West to defeat the British.
The most famous American navy officer who said, “I have not yet begun to fight.”
The main British General in the South who lost at Yorktown and had to surrender.
Who was the Patriot General in the South who appointed Morgan.
Battle in the South that was the turning point for the Patriots and boosted morale
Colonial government that assembled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania took control of the army at Boston and ask the colonies for supplies and troops
Second, continental Congress
Who is the leader of the continental Army
George Washington
Outlined why King George’s army was fighting the British
Declaration of the causes and necessity of taking up arms
Who is the leader of the Green Mountain boys?
Ethan Allen
What group of people decided to capture Fort Ticonderoga?
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys
Who won but had heavy casualties at bunker hill
British
Ordered his men to build trenches in case of attack
Colonel William Prescott  no 
