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2. He is known for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence.

3. John Hancock

4. The author of the Declaration of Independence

5. Thomas Jefferson

6. The “unalienable rights” specified in the Declaration of Independence.

7. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

8. According to the author of the Declaration of Independence, this is from whom the government gets its power.

9. People

10. When writing the Declaration of Independence, the author borrowed the ideas of this English philosopher.

11. John Locke

12. He led the crossing of the Delaware River on December 25, 1776 to attack the Hessians at Trenton.

13. George Washington

14. He was a great American soldier who later became a traitor during the Revolution.

15. Benedict Arnold

16. American diplomat to France who helped persuade the French to join the American cause.

17. Benjamin Franklin

18. He was appointed by Washington at Valley Forge to train his army. He wrote a training manual that is still used by the US Army today.

19. Baron von Steuben

20. He surrendered to Washington at Yorktown.

21. Cornwallis

22. Washington’s troops endured cold and hunger at this winter encampment of 1777-1778.

23. Valley Forge

24. The Battles of Brandywine and Germantown were fought in this colony.

25. Pennsylvania

26. The victory at Saratoga was a major turning point in the Revolutionary War and prompted this country to formally ally themselves with the Americans.

27. France

28. Then numbers of American soldiers lost at the Battle of Trenton.

29. 5

30. What was located at Ticonderoga that was important to Americans war effort?

31. British Weapons

32. The treaty that ended the American Revolution.

33. The Treaty of Paris

34. The second half the American Revolution was almost entirely fought in this part of the colonies.

35. Southern Colonies

36. The country from which the Hessians, foreign mercenaries, came.

37. Prussia

38. This river and the Great Lakes established the border between Canada and the United States after the Treaty of Paris.

39. St. Lawrence River

40. The promise made by the British to convince African American slaves to fight on their side.

41. Freedom

42. The origin of the quote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”

43. The Declaration of Independence

44. Who said, “Give me Liberty or Give me Death!”

45. Patrick Henry

46. Who said, “There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my Head!”

47. John Hancock

48. The battle in which you could have heard this command, “Stand your ground. Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”

49. Bunker Hill

50. Who said, “We must indeed all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately.”

51. Ben Franklin