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21 Cards in this Set
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Who was the president of the Continential Congress? |
John Hancock |
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What was the resolution of the second Continential Congress? |
1. Organize a continential army 2. George Washignton as the comander-in-chief |
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Where did the Battle Of the Bunker Hill took place at? |
Massechusettes |
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What was the name of the plea the congress sent to the king? |
Olive Branch Petition |
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How Did the King react to the plea? |
The king rejected the petition |
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What were the congress resolution after being rejected by the king? |
1. Declaration of the cause and the necessity to take up arms 2. condemn British actions 3. Order to attack Canada 4. Form Navy 5. Americans as "people attacked by enemies" 6. Create committee to seek foreign aid & buy munitions abroad. |
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Who wrote "Common Sense" |
Thomas Paine |
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What were the calling of "Comman Sense" |
1. American independence 2. Establish republican government |
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What did Richard Henry Lee wrote? |
The resolution of the Virginia Convention |
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Who passed the Virginia Convention? |
Congress |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence |
Thomas Jefferson |
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What happened in the War of New York? |
1. British won the Battle of Long Island 2. British captured New York 3. American army flee to New Jersy |
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In the War of New Jersey, what battle did Americans won? |
1. Battle of Trenton 2. Battle of Princeton |
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Who won the Battle of Saratoga? |
American army |
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Which country aided the Americans? |
France & Spain |
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In the Battle in the South, what places did the British captured? |
Savannah (g) Charleston (sc) Camden (sc) |
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British lost to which country in Florida ? |
Spain |
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What battle did the American army won in the south? |
1 Battle of Cowpens 2. Battle of Guildford Court House |
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Where did General Cornwallis establish British base? |
Yorktown |
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Who did Washignton worked with to design a warfare plan to defeat Cornwallis? |
Admiral Francois de Grasse (commander of French navy) Comte de Rochambeau (Commander of French Land forces) |
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Who designed the US flag? |
Francis Hopskinson |
