Set: Rev War
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All 39 Terms
| | Term | Definition |
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rendezvous | meeting |
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alliance | aggrement to act together in a cause |
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revenue | income |
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boycott | refuse to buy |
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propaganda | information designed to influence people's thinking or behavior |
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writs of assistance | legal paper that fave officers the right to search any building for any reason |
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enlist | sign up |
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artillery | cannons and large guns |
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bayonets | two-foot long steal knives |
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guerilla fighting | surprise hit and run attacks on the enemy |
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mintue men | colonial militia's nickname because they had to be ready within a mintue's notice |
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militia | an army of ordinary citizens rather than professinal soldiers |
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Loyalists | Americans that feared revolution & supported the british |
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Patriots | AMericans that sided with the Minutemen |
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SOns of Liberty | secret society made mostly of lawyers, artisans, & merchants |
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George III | king of england |
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sam adams | leader of SoL, organized Commitee of Correspondence in 1772, MA |
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Patrick Henry | "...give me liberty or give me death", "I am an american not a virginian" VA |
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Thomas Paine | "common sense" |
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john hancock | MA, prez of 2nd continental congress |
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John Adams | wanted freedom, MA |
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Benjamin Franklin | PA |
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Thomas Jefferson | VA, wrote DoI |
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George Washington | VA, Commander/General |
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John Dickinson | PA |
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Edward Rutledge | SC |
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James WIlson | PA |
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Marquis de Lafayette | French nobleman, volunteered in the summer of 1777, 1 of the most popular leaders |
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General Cornwallis | General of Britain, surrendered army of 8000 on 10/19/1781 |
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Baron von Steuben | volunteer, general in Prussia,offered help to Patriots after Washington won the battles at Trenton & Princeton, arrived at Valley Forge in the spring of 1778 |
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MArtha WAshington | most famous of all women for joining her husband in army camps, cooking, cleaning, nursing, washing, sewing/mending |
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Mary Hays | "Molly Pitcher" ->serving tired men water from a wellm joined her husband in the battlefield |
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Declaration of Independence | justifies Independence & wrong-doing of the King |
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Common Sense | by THomas Paine, bold call for Independence, called George III "Royal Brute" |
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Treaty of PAris 1783 | foramlly ended the AMerican Revolutionary War |
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Boston | Boston Tea Party |
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Philadelphia | Congress |
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Valley Forge | help arrives |
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Battle of Saratoga | gain alliances |
Set Information
| Terms | 39 |
| Creator | rgarrett |
| Created | April 10, 2007 |
| Groups | None |
| Tags | None |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |
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