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10 Cards in this Set
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What is a surveyor and which president was one?
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A person who measures land. George Washington was a surveyor.
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What is the treaty of Paris?
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The treaty of Paris is a treaty that recognized the Americans Independence.
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What is a Mercenary?
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A person paid to fight for another country mainly French and Germans.
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What is the Treaty of Alliance?
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The reaty that was signed on Feb. 6th 1778. it showed that the french openly decided to help the Americans in the war.
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Second Treaty of Fort Stanwix
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The treaty which the Iroqouis lost there land along the Ohio River Valley because they choose the loosing side of the war.
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Haym Salomom
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An American spy who spied on the British. He was a Polish sailor. He was also, a son of Liberty who gav e so much money to the war he died pennyless.
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Saratoga
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This is the city where the Americans dicieded they were going to defeat the British.
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Battle of Yorktown
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The last major battle fought.
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Why did the Americans and the British try to win the support of the Native Americans?
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The Native Americans know the land better, they know how to make medicne,they know how to plat food, and they know where to find food.
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What was the winter like for the soldiers during the winter of 1777 at Valley Forge?
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It was very rough. Many of the soldiers died. Many got small pox and died. many did not have shoes and their feet were bloody
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