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46 Cards in this Set
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First
Continental Congress |
a meeting of colonial
delegates to discuss how to address problems with Great Britain |
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minutemen
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members of the civilian
volunteer militia Hint: These men were said to be ready to fight at a minute’s notice |
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reaction
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response
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Redcoats
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British soldiers wearing
red uniforms |
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Second
Continental Congress |
a second meeting of
colonial delegates to discuss how to address problems with Great Britain |
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Continental
Army |
the colonial military
force that fought in the Revolutionary War |
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George
Washington |
commander of the
Continental Army |
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Battle of
Bunker Hill |
early battle in Boston
that proved the colonists could put up a good fight against the British |
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Common
Sense |
pamphlet that argued
against British rule using plainspoken (common) language |
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Thomas
Paine |
author of Common
Sense who argued that citizens, not kings and queens, should make laws |
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Thomas
Jefferson |
The main author of the
Declaration of Independence |
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Declaration
of Independence |
Formal announcement
that declared the colonies’ break from Great Britain |
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Patriots
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colonists who chose to
fight for independence |
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Loyalists
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colonists who remained
loyal to Great Britain |
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mercenaries
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foreign soldiers who
fight not out of loyalty, but for money |
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Battle of
Trenton |
important battle along
the Delaware River in which American soldiers took more than 900 prisoners |
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strategy
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a plan for fighting a
battle or war |
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Battle of
Saratoga |
1777 battle in New
York that was a great victory for American forces |
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Marquis de
Lafayette |
a young French
nobleman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay |
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Bernardo de
Gálvez |
governor of Spanish
Louisiana who became a key ally to the Patriots |
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John Paul
Jones |
brave and clever Patriot
sailor who won victories against the British at sea Hint: This sailor is famous for the line, “I have not yet begun to fight!” |
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George
Rogers Clark |
explorer who gathered
soldiers from small towns in the western frontier |
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Francis
Marion |
Patriot who organized a
group of soldiers called Marion’s Brigade that fought using hit-and-run methods |
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Comte de
Rochambeau |
French commander who
helped Washington block British escape routes at Yorktown |
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Battle of
Yorktown |
1781 battle in Virginia
after which the British declared defeat |
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Treaty of
Paris 1783 |
peace treaty in which
Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation; it also set U.S. borders |
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Patroit fighters from Tennessee that helped to win the war in the west
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Over Mountain Men
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The last colony to join the Union the first to fall to the British
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Georgia
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Leader of the British in the Southern Campaign
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Henry Clinton
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Patriot General that became a traitor of the Patriot Cause
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Benedict Arnold
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What were the results of the Treaty of Paris?
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1. Spain Recieved Flordia
2. Britain recieved Canada 3. America was recognized as independent |
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Who helped to negociate the Treaty of Paris for the colonies?
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Benjamin Franklin
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The Revolutionary Battle that was the turning point of the war?
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Saratoga
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Wealthy young Frenchman tha aided the Americans with troops and supplies
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Lafayette
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Prussian soldier that trained troops at Valley Forge
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Baron Von Stuben
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American naval Hero
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John Paul Jones
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Rights that can not be taken away
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Unalienable
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Soldiers that fight for pay
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Mercenaries
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Pennsylvania place of Hardship for the colonist
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Valley Forge
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Patriot and silversmith he warned of the coming of the Birtish before Lexington and Concord
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Paul Revere
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Wrote Wealth of nations about the importance of economic freedom
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Adam Smith
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A group of colonist that protested British laws
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Sons of Liberty
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Why did minute men faced with the Birtish say "don't fire unless fired upon"?
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They wanted to defend against an attack not start a war
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Who was Bernardo de Galvez?
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Patriot ally that attcked British forts in the southeast
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Who was Francis Marion?
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The "Swamp Fox'.called so because he and his men fought with stealth and lighting speed.
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What challanges did the patriots face at sea?
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They had too few ships to fight large battles against the British
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