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30 Cards in this Set
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Ratify
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approve or pass a bill or law
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Patriot
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Person who was willing to fight to be a free country
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Loyalist
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Person who was loyal to Great Britain
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Neutral
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person who was not a Patriot or a loyalist
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guerrilla warfare
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hit and run attacks on the enemy
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privateer
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a privately owned ship that is armed
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Name 2 of the 3 Countries that supported America during the war.
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France and Spain
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Which battle convinced the British that they could not defeat the Americans?
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The battle of Yorktown
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How did the location of the war help the Americans?
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The Americans were fighting on their home ground and had more to lose.
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Who said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." ?
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Nathan Hale
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Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense?
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Thomas Paine
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Who declared war on Great Britain in 1779
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Spain
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Where did the Americans spend the hardest winter of the war?
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Valley Forge
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Which group had no power to levy taxes.
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Continetal Congress
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Which group of people began questioning their place in society based on the ideals of liberty and freedon.
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Women
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Why did the money the Continental congress issued soon lost its value?
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There was not enough gold and silver to back it.
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The Revolutionary War inspired some Americans to question what?
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Slavery
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Why did most Native Americans side with the British over the Patriots?
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The American threatened their way of life.
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What did the British do to prevent supplies and reinforcements from reaching the Continental Army?
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Navel blockade
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Who was the daring commander of the privateer Bonhomme Richard?
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John Paul Jones
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Where did the worst American defeat of the war take place?
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Charleston, SC
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What was the nickname Francis Marion was known by?
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Swamp Fox
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Who was the General that set up camp at Yorktown?
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Cornwallis
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Name 2 of the 3 men who represented the U.S. at the Paris peace talks?
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John Jay, Benjamin Franklin,
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When was the final Treaty of Paris signed?
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Sept. 3, 1783
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Where did Washington retire to after the war was over?
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Mt. Vernon
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The siege of Yorktown showed how the British depende on what?
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The sea
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What natural boundary formed the the new western boundary of the U.S.?
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The Mississippi River
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What year did the American Revolution begin?
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1776
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What document was wrtten that told the world that the Americans wanted to be free of Britsh Rule?
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The Declaration of Independence
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