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18 Cards in this Set
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Patriot spy who warned the colonists of the British invasion of Massachusetts |
Paul Revere |
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"give me liberty or give me death " |
Patrick Henry |
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Volunteer military force who organized for self defense |
Militia |
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Why the British went to the Lexington and Concord |
Because they were looking for Samuel adams and jhon Adams |
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1st shots- "shot heard round the world " Lexington and Concord |
Said by Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Created continental army |
Second continental army |
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Appointed George Washington as commander |
2nd continental Congress |
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"traitor " |
Benedict Arnold |
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1st major battle |
Bunker hill |
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William Prescott -"don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes " |
BUNKER HILL |
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"whne in the curse of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume, among the powers of the earth , the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's god entitle them,a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation " |
Whne one group of people is going to break away from a country to form it's own nation ,then they should explain why they are doing it |
Declaration of Independence |
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Inspired colonies to break away from Britain |
Thomas Paine |
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Main purpose : to separate from England |
Declartion. Of Independence |
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British deprived amercans of their natural rights |
Declaring of Independence |
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Government based on the comsent of the governed |
Declartion of Independence |
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"all men are created equal "-whites, male property owners |
Declartion of Independence |
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Battle of Saratoga turning point for Americans |
Gained European allies |
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Benjamin Franklin |
American negotiator throught American Revolution |
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