AP US History Chapter 3
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The american Revolution: 1774-1783
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 True | TRUE/FALSE: Both the British and the Americans had military, political and economic advantages and disadvantages in the war. |
| False (the Battle of Saratoga was the turning point in the war) | TRUE/FALSE: The Battle of Bunker hill was the turning point in the war, for it persuaded the French to give what proved to be significant help to the Americans in the war for independence. |
| True | TRUE/FALSE: Black Americans played an important role in the war. |
| False (the American victory did not fundamentally change the condition or status of blacks or women) | TRUE/FALSE: The American victory freed slaves and gave women the right to vote. |
| minute men | militia men who could be mobilized at a moment's notice |
| Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys | seized Fort Ticonderoga in New York |
| Declaration of the Causes and Necessities for Taking Up Arms | military plans that Congress drew up that organized an army led by George Washington, a navy created to disrupt British shipping and an expedition led by Benedict Arnold to wrest Canada from the British Empire |
| Richard Henry Lee | introduced a resolution in Congress that declared the colonies free and independent states |
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that condemned monarchy and aristocracy |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| July 4, 1776 | month, day, and year the Declaration of Independence was formally approved by Congress. |
| Articles of Confederation | first constitution of the United States |
| Hessians | hired Germans |
| British advantages in the war | larger population; possessed considerable financial resources; controlled seas and trade; highly trained and experienced professional fighting force; Native American, Tory, Black American and Loyalist allies |
| British disadvantages in the war | battled Holland, Spain, and France; style of fighting was not suitable for North America; had considerable logistical problems; had to destroy Washington's Army |
| Colonial advantages in the war | were fighting for liberty, had excellent officers, we able to utilize guerrilla welfare, received financial support from France |
| Colonial disadvantages in the war | Congress had no political authority; most were loyalists, indifferent or neutral about war; suffered supply shortages |
| Battle of Saratoga (1777) | General Horatio Gates and American forces defeated British General Burgoyne; turning point in war |
| Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams | three principal American diplomats |
| January 14, 1783 | month, day and year Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris |
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