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14 Cards in this Set
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Who was the American general who defeated the British at Yorktown?
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George Washington
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Who was the young Virginian that wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Who was the richest man in the colonies from smuggling molasses?
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John Hancock
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Who was the British general that surrendered at Yorktown?
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Gen. Cornwallis
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Who was the king of Britain during the time of the Revolutionary time?
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King George III
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Who created the first political cartoon?
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Ben Franklin
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Who were the British mercenaries that were captured by Gen. Washington?
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Hessians
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who was the British general that marched his troops to Saratoga to be captured
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gen. johnny burgoyne
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What british act closed the boston harbor
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intolerable act
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what were the sons of liberty willing to give up for freedom
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lives, fortune, sacred honor
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What army fought the British in the revolutionary
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continental army
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what british act caused the boston tea party
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tea act
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what is the sole purpose of government
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to secure your unalienable rights
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what did the british parliament pass to prohibit colonists from going to the ohio river valley
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proclamation of 1763
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