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Jude 5th - Chapter 8
Chapter 8: The Revolutionary War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| George Washington | commander in chief of the Continental Army |
| Ethan Allen | leader of the Green Mountain Boys |
| Benedict Arnold | American military commander who would become a traitor and side with the British before the end of the war |
| Fort Ticonderoga | captured by Arnold and Allen; provided key artillery for the Continental Army during the first year of war |
| Second Continental Congress | meeting of delegates from the 13 colonies that met in Philadelphia to discuss independence and how to deal with the British moving forward |
| Colonel William Prescott | commander of American forces during the Battle of Bunker Hill |
| General George Howe | replaced General Gage as commander of the British army |
| Breed's Hill | location where the Battle of Bunker Hill actually took place |
| George Washington | commander-in-chief of the Continental Army |
| Benjamin Franklin | sent to France to ask the French king for help defeating their old enemies |
| King Louis XVI | King of France who agreed who send French assistance to America |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French aristocrat sent to America to help George Washington command the Continental Army |
| Delaware River | river that George Washington crossed with his army to get to the Hessian camp |
| Christmas Night | night that George Washington crossed the Delaware River to attack the sleeping Hessian camp |
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania | city that Congressmen fled to when their capital was under attack by the British |
| treason | the crime of betraying one's country |
| West Point | fort that Benedict Arnold wanted to hand over to the British |
| Nathanael Greene | American general chosen to lead Continental forces against Cornwallis |
| November 25, 1783 | day the Revolutionary War ended |
| The World Turned Upside Down | song that Americans sang after defeating the British |
| Lord Charles Cornwallis | British general who would end up surrounding to the Americans at the Battle of Yorktown |
| Battle of Yorktown | final battle of the American Revolution where American and French forces cornered the British on the peninsula of Yorktown |
| Hessians | German soldiers hired by the British to fight on their side |
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