The American Revolution - EO 2, Part B
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mrmyersmission on October 6, 2011
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UIL Social Studies - Ms. Pardue, American History
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Preamble | The portion of the Declaration of Independence where Thomas Jefferson shares the intention of the Continental Congress to state its reasons for revolting |
| Statement of Natural Rights | The portion of the Declaration of Independence where rights of any man are defined as natural and inalienable |
| List of the King's Wrongs | The portion of the Declaration of Independence where it listed the many grievance against the King, laying the problems of the conflict squarely at the throne - not Parliament |
| Statement of Declaration | The portion of the Declaration of Independence where it was stated that the colonies were no longer part of Great Britain, but instead states within a new nation |
| According to the Declaration of Independence when is it acceptable to abolish a government? | when the people's rights are no longer being protected |
| Valley Forge | The Continental Army's winter encampment |
| Thomas Paine | Author of Common Sense and The American Crisis |
| Mercenaries | Foreign troops hired to fight for the British |
| George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army |
| Daniel Morgan | One of the most gifted battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War, commanded the sharpshooters |
| Yorktown | The battle that caused the British to surrender, essentially ending the war |
| General Cornwallis | The British general forced to surrender at Yorktown |
| Bunker Hill | The British victory in Boston |
| Lafayette | A young, French nobleman who traveled with Washington and helped convince France to join with the Patriots |
| Henry Knox | American Revolutionary artillery commander |
| Battle of Saratoga | The Patriot victory that convinced the French to join the Americans |
| John Paul Jones | Led the first victorious assault on a British ship while at sea - the father of the American Navy |
| Treaty of Paris | The document that formally ended the American Revolution |
| Nathaniel Greene | Patriot general who forced the British out of Georgia & the Carolinas |
| Fort Ticonderoga | One of the first armed conflicts wherein the Patriots were able to seize cannon and gunpowder |
| Battle of Trenton | Washington's surprise attack on German Hessians - a Patriot victory |
| Patriots | Colonists who favored independence |
| Continental Army | The official name of General Washington's army |
| Benedict Arnold | The victorious general at Saratoga who later joined the British army |
| King George III | The King of England during the American Revolution |
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