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These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of the country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thank of man and women.
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Thomas Paine
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Washington could be counted on for checking
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the excesses of the masses
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Where was Bunker Hill located?
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Ticonderoga and Crown Point
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What was passed after Bunker Hill?
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Olive Branch Petition; begged king to reconcile
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Who showed up around Boston?
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minute men
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Who did the British hire?
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Hessian mercenaries; Hessian flies
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Name the two towns the British set fire to.
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Norfolk, Falmouth
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"pretty young men"
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Benedict Arnold's troops
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What is still celebrated in Boston?
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Evacuation Day
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What two major victories did the South achieve in 1776?
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Moore's Creek Bridge
Charleston Harbor |
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What did many Americans considers themselves a part of?
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a transatlantic community
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God save the King was eventually replaced with what?
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God save the Congress
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What publication was released in 1776?
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A common sense; by Thomas Paine
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"their just powers from the consent of the governed"
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quote from book
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the king was nothing but...
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"the Royal Brute of Great Britain"
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What was the foundational document of American independence and foreign policy?
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common sense
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what did the novel call for?
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a republic
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the government in Britain was considered a...
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mixed government of king, nobility, and commons
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Some favored a republic ruled by... that prevented .... from participating which would cause...
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natural aristocracy, lower orders of society, leveling
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Who presented the motion "these United Colonies are, and of right out to be, free and independent states" + date.
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Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776
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When was the resolution passed? celebrated with...
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July 2, 1776. fireworks
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Who was assigned the task of writing up a formal document?
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Thomas Jefferson
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When was doc approved?
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July 4, 1776
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What did King George suffer from?
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porphyria disease
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Dec of In otherwise known as. 3.
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explanation of independence
the world's greatest editorial shout heard round the world |
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Dec of In proposed the .... of all humankind
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natural rights
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after dec of in what could be solicited
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foreign aid
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"We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
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Ben Franklin
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Wife of John Adams?
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Abigail Adams
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"cut off from every hope of importance in life and in a station much inferior to that of a menial servant"
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Thomas Danforth
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Loyalists = , Patriots =
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Tories, Whigs
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Name a group of colonists neutral to effort.
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Byrds of Virginia
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Loyalists = what % of pop
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16
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"Give me liberty or give me death"
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Patrick Henry
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"the enemy's country"
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New Jersey
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Where were rebels most populous?
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in areas where Presbyterianism and congregationalism flourished ie New England
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Where did Washington barely escape?
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Battle of Long Island
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What was a turning point in rev?
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Washing Crossing the Delaware at Trenton Dec 26, 1776
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Washington =
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old fox
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General John Burgoyne
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Gentleman Johnny
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What was it called when flags were flown before troops in battle?
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"trooping the colors"
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Prussian Drillmaster
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Baron von Steuben
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Burgoyne surrendered at
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Saratoga
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What did the Continental Congress draft regarding peace negotiators in France?
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Model Treaty
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"No political connection, no military connection, only a commercial connection"
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John Adams
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What did Ben have instead of .... in France? and he said
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a walking stick instead of ceremonial sword. figure me.
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Who did Franklin kiss?
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Voltaire
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What did the British pass after Saratoga?
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measure giving colonies self-rule within empire
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Catherine the Great organized
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armed neutrality, armed nullity
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"The simple innocence of the Garden of Eden prevailed" refers to
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money persuaded americans to fight with french
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Washing said "Whom can we trust now" when what
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benedict traitor
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What was a big rev lost in south?
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Charleston
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Where was warfare strongest?
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Carolinas
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"fighting Quaker"
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Nathanael Greene
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Name of people who paid indians to kill americans?
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hair buyers
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Joseph Brant did what in England? named.
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kissed hand of queen instead of king. monster brant
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1777 was the
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bloody year
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First treaty between Indians and Americans?
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Treaty of Fort Stanwix
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Legalized pirates
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privateers/sailors of fortune
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When Cornwallis surrended the men played
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The world turned upside down
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Lord North said regarding surrender.
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Oh God Its all over Its all over
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In south phrase went.. against loyalists
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no quarter for tories
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Where and when was peace signed.
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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Who were the three americans sent to Paris?
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Ben Franklin, John Jay, John Adams
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Who negociated peace with England?
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John Jay
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Bunkers hill
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Breeds Hill
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