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18 Cards in this Set
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which battle proved to be the turning point in the American War for Independence
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Battle of Saratoga
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What term was given to those who opposed the War for Independence
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Loyalists or Tories
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Where did Washington and his men suffer a time of testing during the bitter winter of 1777-1778
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Valley Forge
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What act issued by England in December 1775 removed the colonies from English protection
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Prohibitory Act
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What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write detailing English liberties and the abuses of the monarchy and Parliament
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Common
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What document, adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776, secured the freedom of America
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Declaration of Independence
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What young Frenchman sympathized with the Americans and became a close aid to General Washington
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Marquis de Lafayette
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What was the name for the professional soldiers from Prussia, Germany, that king George hired to fight for Britian
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Hessians
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What was the first major battle of the War for Independence
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Bunker Hill
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Who led the committee that prepared the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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who is known as the "Swamp Fox"
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Francis Marion
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who is called "Fighting Game Cock"
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General Thomas Sumter
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said "I have not yet begun to fight"
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John Paul Jones
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who sold secrets to the british and tried to betray West Point
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benedict arnold
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what final battle was American independence virtually won?
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battle of Yorktown
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who was the patriot who led military attacks on the frontier, capturing Kaskaskia and Cahokia, two British posts
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George Rogers Clark
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what was the name for the private vessels commissioned by Congress?
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privateers
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at what battle did frontiersmen stop an invasion of North Carolina and gain new morale for the patriot cause
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Battle of Kings Mountain
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