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"Swamp Fox": Guerrilla Raids
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Assert the rights of the colonies to govern themselves.: Major Accomplishment of the First Continental Congress.
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Baron von Steuben :): German drillmaster for the Continental Army
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Boston Tea Party: Took place because British ships refused to take their tea back to England.
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Brandywine: Unsuccessful attempt to stop British from taking Philadelphia.
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Brought France into the War: Why was Saratoga's victory important for the Patriots?
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Bunker Hill: Costly victory outside of Boston
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Charles Cornwallis: British General who surrendered at Yorktown
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Committee of Correspondence: To provide news to British threats to Liberty
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Common Sense advocated:: Independence from Britain
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Daniel Morgan: Won the Battle of Cowpens
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Ethan Allan: led the green mountain boys, won one of the first victories in the war. captured fort Ticonderoga
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Fort Ticonderoga: An early American Success that supplied artillery for the forces around Boston.
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Francis Marion: "Swamp Fox"
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George Rogers Clark: Leader of a small Patriot force that captured British-controlled Fort Vincennes in the Ohio Valley
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George Washington: Commander in chief of the Continental Army
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Henry Knox: American chief who surprised the British by transporting heavy artillery to Boston
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Horatio Gates: Won Saratoga but lost at Camden
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John Adam: Helped draft the Declaration of Independence and negotiator of the Treaty of Paris.
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John Burgoyne: British general forced to surrender at Saratoga.
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Lafayette: French aristocrat who helped to corner the british at Yorktown?
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Lexington and Concord: the first battle of the American Revolution
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Loyalist or Tories: colonial supporters of the British during the American Revolution
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Major reason the colonist lost the Battle of Bunker Hill: American soldiers ran out of ammunition
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Militia: "citizen soldiers"
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Monmouth: A draw that proved the new professionalism of the Continental Army
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Nathaniel Greene: "Fighting Quarter"
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Patrick Henry: Virginian Patriot whose speeches supported the war.
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Practical self government: The critical issue behind the War of Independence.
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Saratoga Campaign: Capture of a British army which led France to join the war.
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T/F At the time of the Olive Branch Petition, the Congress had already decided to separate from Great Britain.: False
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T/F During the Boston Tea Party an angry mob attacked the crews of some British ships and stole or destroyed everything. :): False
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T/F During the final phase of the war, England turned to the South because it was the center of opposition against the crown.: False
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T/F Englishman almost universally supported the war against the American Colonies.: False
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T/F The American War of Independence was a revolution fundamentally different from the French and Russian revolution.: True
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T/F The treaty of Paris was signed three months after the British surrendered at Yorktown.: False
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T/F Those that signed the declaration of Independence pledged their lives, fortunes, and honor to support the cause of Liberty.: True
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Thomas Gage: British general in charge of Boston; he sent troops to capture the stockpiled weapons at Concord, and this started the war
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Thomas Jefferson: wrote the declaration of independence
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Thomas Paine: Wrote Common Sense
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To hand over a fort: Treason that Benedict Arnold agreed to
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Treaty of Paris: Brought the American Revolution to an end.
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Trenton: Successful winter raid that lifted the morale of the young army.
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Valley Forge: Continental army's headquarters during the dark winter.
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Washington attempted to defend New York because:: Giving up the city without a fight would damage support for the war.
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What sparked the Coercive Acts?: Boston Tea Party
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Why was Princeton an important victory for Washington?: It raised the low morale of the army.
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William Howe: British general who captured new york and philadelphia
