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30 Cards in this Set
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commanded the continental army
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washington
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how many free blacks fought in the am rev
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5000
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led an uprising to protect indian lands west of the appalachians
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pontaic
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took the place of her wounded husband during the revolution
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margret corbin
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wrote the dec of ind
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thomas jefferson
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defested at yorktown
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cornwallis
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under the british mercantile system, colonies were expected to
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supply raw materials for england
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the purpose of the committees of correspondence was to
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keep each colong informend on british actions
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parliment passed the intolerable acts in response to the
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boston tea party
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british arm leader in the southern states
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cornwallis
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the series of events that brought the british colonies to the point of rbellion started in 1773 with the passage of the
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intolerable acts
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the rev war began with the
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shot heard round the world at lex and condcord
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the british were forced to evacuate boston when general washington's me
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claimed dorchester heights
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american victories at trenton and princeton were important bc they
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stoped plans for a quick end to the war
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the british plan to end the war in 1777 ended in disaster when a large british army was forced to surrender at
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saratoga
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The successful campaign in the Ohio River Valley to break the power of the British was led by
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clark
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The battle that broke the will of the British to defeat the Americans was _____________.
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yorktown
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As a result of Benjamin Franklin's shrewd and skillful negotiations, the rebellious colonies gained the much-needed help of ________________.
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france
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In the Declaration of Independence, the major responsibility for the trouble between the colonies and the mother country is placed upon ________________.
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king
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The colonists reacted to the Townshend Acts by __________________.
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boycotting, refusing living quat and non importation acts
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The colonists opposed the Stamp Act because ________________.
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unfaitly taxed
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The Sons of Liberty were colonists who opposed the Stamp Act by _______________.
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protest and demolish
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The British forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point were seized by _____________ under the leadership of _____________.
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vermont militia, ethan allen
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The commander of the British expedition sent to Lexington by General Gage was _____________.
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smith
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Helped write the Federalist papers
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madison jay and hamilton
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Led a farmers' rebellion in Massachusetts
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shay
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Headed the committee that proposed the Articles of Confederation
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damiel shays
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suggested the terms of the great compromise
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sherman
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americans officially won independence when the
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signed the treaty of paris in 1783
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in 1776 all colonies became
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states
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