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Chapter 5 Review
Question | Answer |
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Baron von Steuden | went to Valley Forge & taught American soldiers how to fight & use weapons |
Great Britain & France | claimed land that is today Western PA |
Stamp Act | placed a tax on all paper things that were sold in the colonies |
Fort Pitt | built where Fort Duquesne was burned down |
Common Sense | a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that gave reason why the colonies should separate from Britain |
Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
Edward Braddock | British general that was defeated & killed in French & Indian War |
Haym Salomon | banker, loaned money to the Continental Congress |
Half King | Seneca chief who was a guide for the British |
John Dickinson | wrote to King George to try to solve their differences |
Ben Franklin | went to France to ask for help to fight the British |
Anthony Wayne | a brave general, nicknamed "Mad Anthony" |
Betsy Ross | we believe George Washington asked her to help design & sew the 1st American flag |
Molly Pitcher | carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth |
George Washington | leader of the Continental Army, his winter camp was in Valley Forge |
tax | money people pay to the government |
Great Runaway | when scared settlers fled from Native Americans & Loyalist who were attacking them in Wyoming Valley |
minutemen | men who are willing to fight with a minutes notice |