Major Battles of the American

Revolution Escape Room

By Drew Luke and Mallory
Summary In the year 1781 you are a Patriot
fighting in the Battle of Yorktown
trying to finally end the war after many
battles for independence from the
British. In order to escape the British
rule, you are given a letter from general
George Washington himself. He didn’t
tell you what to do directly in fear of
the letter falling into the wrong hands.

You will have to use the information from the

presentation to help decode the clues
 Letter
Hello Soldier

I hope this letter reaches you safely

In case it doesn’t, this letter will have to be decoded using knowledge that only a true patriot
could understand.

To win this battle and force the British to 1.______ we need to 2._____
3.______ so we can transport the 4. ______ 5.______ close enough to
6.______. Then we can 7.______ 8.______ and the rest of his army
Clue 1

Directions: Answer the following questions based Which battle was a turning point in the war?
off of the presentation and figure out the word
below _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (_)_(_)_ _ _ _ _

What battle put an end to the British Southern Strategy?

_ _ _ _ _(_) _ _ _ _ _ _’_ _ _(_)_ _ _ _ _

_________ What was the first battles of the Revolutionary War?
142235632 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(_) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _(_)
 Hint

Clue 2

Foriegn language

What country aided the colonists in the war?

Clue: Creucer
Clue 3

You will need a password

for the QR code

When was the battle of

Saratoga?
Clue 4

Clues:

Find one word in this puzzle

Clue: 200 pounds

Clue: Can used to describe artillery

Clue 5

ACROSS

2. comes before States and is what the colonies did to fight

the redcoats(2)

3. -the first name of the general for the American colonists(1)

4. The battle that marked the turning point in the war(4)

DOWN

1. the region where most of the battles took place (two

words)(3)

To find the clue after you finish the crossword take

the first letter of each word and put them in order
based on the (#) at the end
 Clue 6- Drew’s Honors
Fill in the blank with the word
1775: 1779:
Battles of The British
Lexington and 1777: begin the 1781: Battle of
Concord Battle of southern _____________
Saratoga strategy
1775: Battle
of Bunker Hill

1776: Declaration of 1780: 1783: Treaty

independence is signed 1778: France American
joins in and of Paris was
Victory at signed
Washington starts commanding helps America King’s
the American army Mountain
Clue 7-Mallory

Men fear me as i take their empires. But they

are me as they tear threw others lands and
homes. What am i.?
Clue 8- Luke Honors

Scan the QR code!

Use the images and think of how

you can put them together to find
the name!
Clue: British General