Declaration of Independence PeopleBattles Potpourri Quotes

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

John Hancock

The author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

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

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

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

People

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

John Locke

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

George Washington

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

Benedict Arnold

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

Benjamin Franklin

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.

Baron von Steuben

He surrendered to Washington at Yorktown.

Cornwallis

Washington’s troops endured cold and hunger at this winter encampment of

Valley Forge

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

Pennsylvania

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

France

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

5

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

British Weapons

The treaty that ended the American Revolution.

The Treaty of Paris

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

Southern Colonies

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

Prussia

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

St. Lawrence River

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

Freedom

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

The Declaration of Independence

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

Patrick Henry

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

John Hancock

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

Bunker Hill

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

Ben Franklin