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18 Cards in this Set
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Nickname for the british soldiers
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redcoats
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Patriot woman who disguised herself as a man to fight in the war
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Deborah Sampson
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Battle in which washington went around the british camp in the dark and attacked in the morning
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Author of an appeal to include the rights of women in the declaration of independence
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Abigail Adams
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hired soldiers from another country are called what
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mercenaries
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colonists who were on britains side
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loyalists
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members of militias ready to fight at a moment's notice
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minutemen
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group deciding to continue the boycott and prepare a militia in case of violence
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1st Continental Congress
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Group organizing and funding an army with washington as its leader
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2nd Continental Congress
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Name the treaty that ended the war
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Treaty of Paris
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He was the author of common sense
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Thomas Paine
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He led the western war effort against british forts
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George Rogers Clark
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Mincommunication among Americans led to a victory for Howe in this battle
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Battle of Brandywine Creek
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Washington crosses the delaware river on Christmas night to attack Hessians in this battle
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Battle of Trenton
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William Dawes and Samuel Prescott did the same as what famous American
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Paul Revere
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Lord Dunmore proclaimed that any slave that would fight for britain would get what?
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Lord Dunmore's Proclamation
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He was the british leader defeated at Saratoga
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Burgounes
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Prussian officer who helped teach basic military actions to americans at Valley Forge
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Marquis De Lafayette
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