American Revolution

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1)
American General credited with the defeat of General Burgoyne was __________

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General Horatio Gates

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2)
The Surrender at Saratoga brought the _______ into the War

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French

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3)
The turning point of the Revolution for the Americans was General Burgoyne's _____________.

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Surrender at Saratoga

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4)
According to Washington the sole of an army is the _____________.

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Discipline

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5)
Washington thought to build a Continental Army that was __________.

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Conventional

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6)
_____________ was nicknamed "Old Putt".

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General I. Putnam

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7)
According to Thomas Paine, Britain's ___________ would support the colonies.

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Old Enemies

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8)
___________ was nicknamed "Old Man Moderation"

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Benjamin Franklin

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9)
______________ was selected to the Committee to write the Articles of Confederation but not the Declaration of Independence.

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John Dickinson

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10)
The war the Washington was fighting, according to the General was a War of ____________.

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Attrition

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11)
Free men fight for their honor and for a great

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cause

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12)
At Kip’s Bay, Washington took to flogging the officers of a fleeing militia brigade from

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Connecticut

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13)
Fort Lee was captured on November 20th by

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General William Howe

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14)
During the Revolution, George Washington the minor engagements at ______; one of his two

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Trenton

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15)
The ______________ became the western boundary of the new nation after the Treaty of Paris

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Mississippi River

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16)
The Second Continental Congress lasted ________ years

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Fifteen

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17)
The victor at the Battle of Cowpens was the colonial officer __________

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General Dan Morgan

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18)
The Superintendent of Finances for the Colonies from 1781 to 84 was ____________

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Robert Morris

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19)
We fight, get beat, rise and fight again” was the evaluation of _____________

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General Nathaniel Greene

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20)
The Battle of King’s Mountain a South Carolina Battle is partially in the state of ______________

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North Carolina

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21)
For the last major campaign of the Revolution, Washington departed New York marching to _________

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Yorktown

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22)
_______________ was one of the Colonial Leaders wanting to command the Colonial Armies

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General Artemas Ward

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23)
______________ was one of the Colonial Leaders wanting to command the Colonial Armies.

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General Charles Lee

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24)
The basic strategy of the British in 1777 was to try to ______________

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isolate New England

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25)
In late 1776, George Washington helped restore Confidence in America's military by defeating the _________ at Trenton

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Hessians

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26)
In early 1777, Washington helped restore confidence in America’s military by defeating the British at __________

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Princeton

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27)
To King George, the __________ personally sold Seventeen thousand of these known in American Hessians

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Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel

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28)
By the fall of 1776, the British Army in America totaled _____

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54 thousand

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29)
The most significant contribution of the seagoing "privateers" during the Revolutionary War was that they captured British

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merchant ships

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30)
The last Royal Governor of New Jersey, ____________ was the son of one of the most famous of Benjamin Franklin.

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William

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32)
Dressed in full military dress, in June, 1775 Washington was elevated to Commander at the age of _________

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forty three

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33)
__________ endorsed George Washington for the post of Commander of Colonial Armed Forces

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John Adams, a Boston delegate

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34)
The commander of __________ from April 1775 to July 1775 was General Artemus Ward

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New England troops

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35)
___________ was Prime Minister or British Executive during the American Revolution

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Land North

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36)
Benedict Arnold plotted to betray ___________ to the British in 1780

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West Point

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37)
As he was about to be shot as a spy, ____________ exclaimed , "I regret I have but one life to give for my country"

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Nathan Hale, a volunteer

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38)
__________ did not see action as a soldier during the Revolution

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Thomas Jefferson, Governor of Virginia

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39)
Rather than be captured by the British during the Revolution, Governor Thomas Jefferson fled after _________

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resigning

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40)Some branded Benjamin Franklin as a ___________ during the Stamp Act Crisis because of letters and his hearing before Parliament

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traitor

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41)
During the Philadelphia-Saratoga Campaign General Clinton burnt ____________

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Kingston