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Amer. Rev
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Any colonists who chose to fight against the British for American freedom | Patriot |
| This group of people came together to discuss what they needed to do about the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain, in response the closing of Boston Harbor | The First Continental Congress |
| A list of 10 resolutions which included the right to "life liberty, and property" that would be present to King George III. | The Declaration of Rights |
| This battle was the first of the American Revolution. It was the, "shot heard round the world" | The Battle of Lexington |
| The British did not find any weapons so they burnt the town. After they marched back to Boston. | The Battle of Concord |
| He said in his speech, " give me liberty or give me death" | Patrick Henry |
| These men were ready in a minutes notice to fight. | minutemen |
| The loyalist governor of Massachusetts | Thomas Gage |
| Warned the colonists the the British were coming | Paul Revere and William Dawes |
| He was the man who hung the lanterns to signal which way the British were moving. | Robert Newman Robert Newman |
| What the colonists called the British soldiers. | Redcoats |
| This group of people met and make George Washington the Leader of the Continental Army | The Second Continental Congress |
| A petition sent to King George III to try and get him to listen to the colonies. He never read it. | The Olive Branch Petition |
| Benedict Arnold captured this Fort and its many cannons | Fort Ticonderoga |
| This battle cost the British over half their troops. Its was a British victory. | The Battle of Bunker Hill |
| In this battle, Washington take command of the army and moves his troops to higher ground to flank William Howe's troops in Boston. Henry Knox brought him the cannons that Arnold had captured. Howe retreats. | Dorchester Heights |
| He wrote the pamphlet, " Common Sense " | Thomas Paine |
| the abuse of government power | tyanny |
| out of many, one | E pluribus unum |
| He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence. | Thomas Jefferson |
| This document announced that colonies were breaking from Great Britian | The Declaration of Independence |
| when was the Declaration of Independence singed | July 4, 1776 |
| Any colonist still on the side of Great Britain | loyalists |
| Who was left out of the Declaration of Independence? | Slaves, Women, and Native Americans |
| what are the three unalienable Rights? | Life, Liberty , and the pursuit of happiness |
| Who was Molly Pitcher? | Mary Ludwig Hays who brought water to the troops on the front lines. also manned the cannons after her husband was wounded. |
| She dressed as a man and fought in several battles? | Deborah Sampson |
| Battle fought in a blizzard. Horrible defeat for the colonials. | Battle of Quebec |
| Massive British invasion force beats Washington's army back. City is burned. | Battle of New York |
| He said, " I have but one life to give for me country." | Nathan Hale |
| Foreign soldiers who fight for money. | mercenaries |
| Washington surprises the Hessions by crossing the Delaware river in very cold conditions on Christmas Eve. All soldiers surrender. | The Battle of Trenton |
| With great deception, Washington forces beat the Cornwallis's troops. | The Battle of Princeton |
| The surrender of General Burgoyne. This battle is the turning point of the War. | The Battle of Saratoga |
| Who were our allies in the War? | France, Spain, and Holland |
| This Frenchman volunteered to serve under Washington for no pay. | Marquis de Lafayette |
| This Prussian came in and retrained Washington's army at valley Forge. | Baron von Steuben |
| He is the American ambassador that gets the French King to sing a treaty to help the colonies against the British. | Benjamin Franklin |
| The governor of Spanish Louisiana who helped capture British ports on the gulf coast. | Bernardo de Galvez |
| Washington troops stay here for a harsh winter. Its during this time the troops are retrained. | Valley Forge |
| Naval Captain that the French highly respected. He is known for his line. " I have not yet begun the fight." | John Paul Jones |
| He was a western surveyor who volunteered to lead a campaign against the British. He captured Fort Sackville. | George Rogers Clark |
| Why is the fighting the south so brutal? | colonists fighting colonists |
| General Clinton's invasion of the South. | The Battle of Charleston |
| Southern Battle in which colonial forces under Horatio Gates is defeated. | Battle of Camden |
| The General of the colonial army that switches side. eh escapes capture and live out the rest of his life in England. | Benedict Arnold |
| His hit and run guerrilla tactics got his the nick name " The Swamp Fox" | Francis Marion |
| Here Washington traps Cornwallis's men with the aid of the French commanded by Comte de Rochambeau. This the final battle of the war. | Yorktown |
| what document officially ends the war | The Treaty of Paris of 1783 |
| What did the Treaty of Paris of 1783 do? | Recognized the independence of the United States, Set America's new borders, and said the British would give rights to the american's to settle west of the original 13 colonies. |
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