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19 Cards in this Set
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1776 |
Year the American Colonies declared independence from Great Britain |
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stronger military, larger population, greater wealth |
British advantages in the American Revolution |
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Patriot soldier who was hanged for spying |
Nathan Hale |
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Length of time a soldier commonly signed up for during the war |
One Year |
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Percentage of Loyalist (Tory/Tories) population in the colonies |
15-20% |
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Place where the Continental Army faced the harshest of winters |
Valley Forge |
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a piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water |
Peninsula |
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Colonies in which Loyalist strength was the strongest |
Georgia;Carolinas |
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Place where Washington went after the War |
Mount Vernon |
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Country that supported the Continental Army with Naval support |
France |
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Marquis de Lafayette |
became one on Washington's most trusted aides |
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Battle of Yorktown |
battle in which Lord Cornwallis was defeated |
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Another name for Loyalist |
Tory |
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Only state in which no African Americans were enlisted in the Armey |
South Carolina |
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Guerilla Warfare |
hit-and-run fighting technique |
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merchant war ship |
privateer |
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trained Continental Army at Valley Forge |
Friedrich Von Steuben |
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Lemuel Hayes |
African-American Patriot |
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Continental Army |
Official name of the Patriot forces |
