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