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9 WEEK EXAM
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History
8th Grade
10/02/2008

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THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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SENT THE BRANCH PETITION
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OLIVE BRANCH PETITION
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ASKEd for peace with england
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continental army
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the american soldiers
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ethan allen
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leader of the green mountain boys
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ethan allen and benedict arnold
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sent to capture ft. ticonderoga
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the boston patriots took possession of bunker and breed's hill
howe attacked
colonist ran out of ammunition
howe won
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happened at battle of bunker hill
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hoped to win the canadians over to their cause
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the reason the colonist attacked Canda
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the americans had a disastrous failure
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happened at the battle of quebec
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thomas paine
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wrote _common sense_
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seperation from britian
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what piane proposed in _common sense_
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when knox hauled artillery from fort ticonderoga
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freed boston
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thomas jefferson
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wrote the declaration of independence
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july 4,1776
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when the declaration of independence was approved
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patriots
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were supporters of indepence
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torie
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an another name for loyalists
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majority of people didnt support independence
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attitude of the majority of the people toward the war
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loyalists
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were supporters of the king
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trenton
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where washington suprised the hessians
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his darind moves freed most of new jersey and gave new hope to americans
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how washington's victories affect the attitude of the people
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nathan HALE
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THE SCHOOL TEACHER WHO DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY
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the colonist won
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won the battle of saratoga
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john burgoyne
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under his leadership did the british loose hesvily
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what the battle of saratoga did
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knocked one british army out of the war
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valley forge
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where washington and his troops spent winter after the battle of saratoga
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baron von steuben
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trained men at valley forge
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nathanael greene
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became the new continental Army quartermaster
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didnt readily provide supplies and financial support
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how did the colonist provide for their troops
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george rogers clark
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fought in the west and captured frontier outposts
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privateers
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merchant vessels outfitted to fight
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john paul jones
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famous americn officer
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i have not yet begun to fight
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john paul jones famous qotation
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nathanael greene
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was a patriot who replaced general gates in the south
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the british
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who th over mountain men fought against
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captured and killed his entire force of 1,000 men
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how the over mt. men respod to ferguson's command
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at yorktown
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where general cornwallis surrender
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john jay
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chief negotiator of the treaty of paris
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gave america its independence and all land west of the mississippi
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what the treaty of paris did
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