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If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Term: Definition: 's chief lawmaking body; was the colonists' model for representative government. Term: French and WarDefinition: The war between 1754-1763 over of the northern and eastern parts of North America Term: WashingtonDefinition: 21 year old major who was sent by the to tell the French to leave the Ohio River Valley Term: Proclamation of Definition: This forbid colonists from settling west of the Mountains Term: IIIDefinition: King of England the American Revolution Term: HenryDefinition: Man who said "as for me, give me or give me death." Term: BoycottDefinition: A to buy something Term: AdamsDefinition: of the Boston Sons of Liberty Term: AttucksDefinition: First African American killed in America's fight for Term: John Definition: Defended the British soldiers who killed the 5 during the Boston Massacre Term: Tea PartyDefinition: Event in which citizens of Boston dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 of tea into Boston Harbor Term: Quartering Definition: Required colonists to house British soldiers and provide them with Term: ActDefinition: a legal documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid. Term: of AssistanceDefinition: Search warrants to enter homes or Term: of CorrespondenceDefinition: groups that letters on colonial affairs Term: Definition: a country that aids country Term: Definition: a soldier fighting for another Term: BayonetDefinition: a knife to a gun Term: PrivateerDefinition: a ship to attach enemy ships Term: Definition: a meeting Term: Definition: to leave military duty without planning to Term: RepublicanismDefinition: the idea that the people should Term: StrategyDefinition: an plan of action Term: GuerrillaDefinition: a fighter who uses hit-and-run Term: Declaratory Definition: Asserted Britain's power over her Term: Townshend Definition: Taxed tea, lead, paper, and Term: Navigation Definition: Law to colonial trade Term: Boston Definition: Deaths that occurred in a Term: ActDefinition: Tax enacted in 1764 to help pay defense Term: ActsDefinition: Actions taken by Parliament because of the Tea Party Term: Continental CongressDefinition: 12 colonies met in Philadelphia; sent a respectful message to King George urging him to the colonists' grievances (complaints) Term: TariffDefinition: A tax used to regulate Term: AdamsDefinition: Wife of John Adams; a patriot; she wanted the Declaration of Independence to address women's Term: Otis Warren Definition: A partiot; she plays that were critical of the British government's actions against the colonists Term: James Definition: A slave who enlisted as a patriot spy; he could get into camps and hear important war secrets; Marquis de Lafayette helped him gain his freedom Term: Wentworth Definition: Grandson to 1st African American land owner; he worked for freedom and justice for all citizens; fought in the Battle of Saratoga Term: Hay Definition: Convinced many Hessians to the British military; he used his own money to finance the Patriot cause for independence Term: John Paul Definition: One of the most successful American captains; Famous victory came against a British warship; "I have not yet to fight" Term: Disobedience Definition: Refusal to obey laws in an effort to induce change in governmental or legislation; usually through nonviolent means Term: 2nd Continental Definition: Chose Washington to lead the Continental Army; Sent Branch Petition (another try for peace); selected a committee to write the Declaration of Independence Term: Bernardo de Definition: From Spain; governor of Louisiana; he sided with the Americans; he gave weapons, gunpowder, , and other supplies to the colonial army Term: 1776Definition: America declared from Britain Term: Definition: American Revolution; the 1st time that it like the Americans could win Term: /ConcordDefinition: First battle of the American Revolution; the "Shot Round the World" Term: of IndependenceDefinition: Listed the reasons that the U.S. was officially the British rule Term: JeffersonDefinition: the Declaration of Independence; Anti-Federalist Term: Thomas Definition: Wrote Common Sense (people should rule themselves, not by a King) Term: Benjamin Definition: Inventor; of electricity, negotiated peace treaty with France Term: YorktownDefinition: Last battle of the Revolution Term: Treaty of 1783Definition: Treaty that ended the American Term: Rights (Unalienable Rights)Definition: Rights that all people are born with: life, liberty, and the pursuit of Term: Lord Definition: Commander of the British forces; surrendered at Term: Marquis de Definition: Frenchman who aided troops at Valley Forge by supplying Term: ForgeDefinition: Washington's starving, poorly equipped trained here during freezing winter Term: without RepresentationDefinition: Slogan of grievance due to paying $$$$ without consent Term: MilitiaDefinition: of voluntary citizen-soldiers; minutemen Term: Definition: Colonists wanting to fight for independence from Term: Definition: Colonists wanting to remain to Britain Term: ArmyDefinition: Organized by the 2nd Continental Congress to fight the British Term: Molly Definition: Nickname given to Mary Ludwig Hayes McCauley when she carried water to soldiers after her husband was kill in Term: HessiansDefinition: We are German mercenaries (professional ) hired by the British. 900 of us were captured by Washington at Trenton Term: MaronDefinition: I was an patriot known as the "Swamp Fox" because of my guerrilla attacks on the British in South Carolina Term: AllenDefinition: I led a of men from Vermont on an expedition to steal cannons from Fort Ticonderoga Term: George ClarkDefinition: I led Virginia frontiersmen against the British in the Ohio River Valley. We forts at Kaskasia Cahokia, and Vincennes Term: Frederick von Definition: I was a German army officer who trained 's troops at Valley Forge. I taught them how to march and use their bayonets Term: John Definition: I am a British general who led a march on Albany. I was slowed by my baggage carts through the woods. I finally surrendered my army at Saratoga Term: Definition: A to change something
Term: Definition: Grudge or circumstance regarded as just cause for complaint often in Term: Definition: To officially Term: Definition: Decedents of generation Term: RevolutionDefinition: Overturning of a government by the people governed Term: Definition: The surrounding or blockading of a city, town or by an army attempting to capture it. Term: RedcoatsDefinition: British soldiers who fought the colonist; so called because of the color of their bright red uniform Term: Definition: A closing off of an are to keep people or supplies from going in or Term: Deborah Definition: She disguised herself as a man using the name Robert Shurtleff and the Patriot forces Term: Martha Definition: She with her husband during the hard winter at Valley Forge. Eventually she became the country's First Lady. Term: John Definition: The statesman who was the first to sign the of Independence Term: Paul Definition: Warned the colonists that the were attacking Term: Definition: The location where militias in Massachusetts stored their weapons Term: Battle of Definition: At the start of what battle were the minutemen told, "DOn't fire unless fired upon. But if they mean to have war, let it here!" Term: Branch PetitionDefinition: Last to restore peaceful relationships between the King and the colonists. Term: The fort that Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen captured the colonists a large supply of weapons and cannon to use in the RevolutionDefinition: Fort Term: Definition: Wat colonia city did the minutemen surround and hold siege Term: Bunker Definition: The battle near Boston that the Continental army could "hold its own" against the British army. Term: KnoxDefinition: This patriot the cannon from Fort Ticonderoga 300 miles through the wilderness to the siege of Boston Term: HoweDefinition: The British general who was driven out of Boston in of 1776 Term: General GatesDefinition: Retired British soldier who served as a American General in the American Revolution; his victory at the Battle of Saratoga turned the tide in the Term: of TrentonDefinition: On the night of December 25th, Washington and his army crossed the Delaware and surprised the Hessians. Term: of Bunker HillDefinition: First MAJOR battle of the American Revolution. Proved that Americans could fight bravely and that the British would not be easily . Term: Definition: Got their name because they were ready to fight at a 's notice Term: de RochabeauDefinition: French commander who in the victory of Yorktown Term: The Great Definition: Sermons about spiritual equality of all people led some to began demanding more political equality Term: The Definition: Believed there should be a social between government and citizens Term: John Definition: An Enlightenment thinker who thought that people had natural rights such as and liberty. Term: Johnathan Definition: Important leader of the Great Awakening; his dramatic sermons told to seek forgiveness for their sins or face punishment in Hell forever. Term: Branch PetitionDefinition: Assured King George III that the colonists peace; asked King to protect the colonist's rights; and to repeal Intolerable Acts and end taxation without representation Term: ActDefinition: In response to Olive Branch Petition; King all rebels arrested for treason and hung; hired 10,000 Prussian mercenaries to help suppress the rebellion |
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