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American Revolution Test 2018
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History
7th Grade
01/20/2011

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Thomas Paine
Definition

The man who published a pamphlet entiled "Common Sense."

 

Common Sense was a document listing the reasons to rebel against the king.

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Strengths and Weakness of the British

Definition

Strengths                                           Weakness:

1. army                                    Fighting 3000 miles

2. hired merceneries                  Lacked Supplies       

3. access to supplies                  Poor leadership

4. powerful army                         

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Strengths and Weakness of the Americans
Definition

Strengths:                                                 Weakness: 

1.Motivation                              Soliders poorly trained & equipped

2.strong leader G. W.                            Lack of supplies 

3.France becomes allies             Cont. Congress couldn't buy supplies

                                                                  No navy

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African Americans in the war
Definition

Free and enslaved people contribute as militiamen, soliders, sailors, cooks, blacksmiths and coach drivers when the Continental Congress was

1.  faced declining numbers of soliders

2. and found out that

 the British offered to free slaves who fought for them

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The purpose of Yankee Doodle
Definition
Originally it was an insult from the British then turned it into the Americans motivation to insult the British back
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Battle of Saratoga outcome
Definition
The French and Spanish joined the Americans and gave them money, soliders, weapons and warships
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Battle of Trenton military strategy
Definition
Surprise attack, cross Delaware River at night on Christmas
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Battle of Saratoga military strategy
Definition

British: take control of the Hudson River

Americans: Avoid large battles and tire them out

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Battle of Yorktown military strategy
Definition

British: Start southern campaign

American: joined the French and surround Yorktown and Cornwallis was trapped

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Battle of Yorktown leaders
Definition

George Washington (A)

Cornwallis (B)

Rochambeau (F)

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Valley Forge leaders
Definition
George Washington(A), Lafayette(F), Baron Von Steuben(F)
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Battle of Trenton: Leader
Definition
George Washington(A)
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Battle of Yorktown
Definition

Yorktown,Virgina

Final battle Americans win

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Battle of Bunker Hill
Definition

Boston, Massachuetts, really at Breeds Hill (the battle was misnamed after Bunker Hill)

Israel Putnam(A), William Howe(B)

 

British won because Americans ran out of the gunpowder

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Women in the war
Definition
Took over farms and businesses. Cared for wounded at military camps, but struggled with food and labor shortages and military attacks on their homes and communities.
Term
Declaration of Independence
Definition

 explained to the world why the colonies are separating from Great Britain

stated that all men are created equal in that all men are equal

 

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Declaration of Independence Committee
Definition
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, John Adams
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Cavalry
Definition
Troops on horsebacks
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Revolutionary War
Definition
the struggle of the former British colonies in America to gain independce, also called the war for indepence
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Mercenaries
Definition
troops that fight for someone as long as they get paid
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Treaty of Paris 1783
Definition

Ended the American Revolution

Britain recognized U.S.A as a independent nation

southern and northern borders established (Canada[N] and Florida[S]) 

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Olive Branch Petition
Definition

petition that peacefully asked King George, the third, to end the quarrel

 -a petition is a formal written request

He denied it

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Natural Rights
Definition
Rights you are born with: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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traitor
Definition
person guilty of the crime of treason-going against your government
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strategy
Definition

an overall plan

 

a specific way of carrying out a strategy is called tactics

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Continental Army
Definition

Army set up by Continental Congress

Goal - to fight for America's freedom

Leader George Washington

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