APUSH Unit Two: Chapter 8
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Second Continental Congress | It met in 1776 and drafted and signed the Declaration of Independence, which justified the Revolutionary War and declared that the colonies should be independent of Britain. |
| Lexington and Concord | the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775) |
| Common Sense | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the colonists that it was time to become independent. |
| Declaration of Independence | the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain |
| Loyalists and Patriots | those loyal to the throne and Britain. and those referred to the American countrymen. |
| General William Howe | Commander-in-Chief of the British army in America at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. |
| "Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne | British General; surrendered at Saratoga |
| Valley Forge | Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutriton, Steuben comes and trains troops |
| Saratoga | Battle which was the "turning point" in the Revolutionary War |
| Treaty of Alliance, 1778 | Made during the American Revolution and created a defensive alliance between France and the U.S. |
| Benedict Arnold | United States general and traitor in the American Revolution |
| Privateers | private ships hired by a country to attack its enemies. |
| Cornwallis and Yorktown | he is best remembered as one of the leading generals in the American War of Independence. His 1781 surrender to a combined American-French force at the Siege of Yorktown is often incorrectly considered the end of the war; in fact, it continued for a further two years |
| Treaty of Paris 1783 | Treaty Between England and the Colonies , formally ended the American Revolutionary War |
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