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A soldier paid to fight for another country is a _____.
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A person who measures land is a __________.
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Three British strengths going into the Revolutionary War are _____________. |
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1. most powerful navy in the world
2. German Mercenaries-Hessians
3. well trained-highly disciplined soldiers |
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Two British weaknesses going into the Revolutionary War were _____________. |
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1. war was not popular in Britian
2. slow and costly to fight a war thousands of miles away |
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Three Patriot strengths at the beginning of the Revolutionary War were __. |
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1. They were defending their homes which gave them the will to keep fighting
2. Strong leadership of George Washington
3. knew the land |
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Three Patriot weaknesses at the beginning of the Revolutionary War were ___. |
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1. Many men quit the army because they went without pay, food, uniforms, and weapons.
2. They entered the war with no army or navy.
3. Getting men to serve in the Continental Army was difficult. |
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| George Washington's first job was working as a ______________. |
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| George Washington married __________ and moved to ______________. |
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Martha Custis, Mount Vernon |
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| Washington decided to leave the militia during the French and Indian War because ___. |
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the British lowered his rank because they did not want any colonist to rise above the rank of captain |
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Who earned the nickname "Molly Pitcher" by carrying water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth? |
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List several ways women helped the Continental Army. |
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1. sewing socks, cooking soup, doing paperwork
2. tending to wounded
3. supporting their husbands in battle
4. carrying water for soldiers
5. disguising themselves as men and fighting
6. collecting money
7. establishing useful organizations |
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| Both the British and Patriots promised African Americans their ___________ in exchange for their support in their war. |
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Haym Solomon helped the Patriots by ____________________. |
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urging German soldiers to leave the British army |
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The Treaty of Alliance was __________. |
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The treaty the French signed with the United States during the American Revolution. |
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| On the night of December 25, 1776 _____________________________. |
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| Washington surprised the British in New Jersey |
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| Washington was able to rebuild his army in 1777 because _______________________. |
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the French sent supplies. |
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| At Saratoga, the Americans were able to prove ______________________. |
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they could defeat the British |
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France decided to help the colonists, so they signed the ______________________. |
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A 21-year old teacher and Patriot spy who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
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A British general defeated at Saratoga was _________. |
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| The Polish engineer serving with the Americans was _____. |
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The Patriot general who won the Second Battle of Freeman's Farm was ______. |
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| What battle was the turning point of the war? Explain why it was important. |
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The Battle of Freeman's Farm or Saratoga
It showed that the Americans could defeat a large British force. It also convinced France to support the Americans by signing the Treaty of Alliance. |
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A wealthy French noble who volunteered was _________. |
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| The Prussian soldier who trained the Patriot soldiers at Valley Forge to become a powerful army was ______. |
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| How did George Rogers Clark recapture Fort Vincennes? |
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| He tricked the British into believing he had a large army by having his troops yell as they attacked the fort. |
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| The Patriot captain of the Bonhomme Richard which defeated the Serapis in battle was _______________. |
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| The purpose of a large scale map is ________. |
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| to show a smaller area in greater detail |
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| A map scale is __________. |
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| A line like a measuring stick drawn on a map which uses a unit of measurement , such as an inch to represent a real distance on Earth |
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| The Second Treaty of Fort Stanwix is _____________. |
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| the treaty by which the Iroquois lost their land in the Ohio River valley after the American Revolution. |
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| A small scale map is ______. |
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A map that shows a large area but not much detail. |
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| The Treaty of Paris of 1783 was ______________. |
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| The peace treaty in which Great Britian recognized the United States as an independent country. |
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| The British put so much effort into fighting in the South because ________________. |
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| they were unable to advance north and west and hoped to control the South |
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| Bernardo de Galvez help the Patriot cause by _________. |
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| opening the port of New Orleans to American ships and ending trade with Britian |
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| The Patriot captain known as the "Swamp Fox" was _____. |
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| The general who led the Patriot forces in North Carolina was __________. |
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| The enslaved African who spied on General Cornwallis for the Patriots was _______. |
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| The war ended when the British and Americans signed the ____________________. |
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The _________ were the ally who helped the Patriots win at Yorktown. |
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| The Battle of Yorktown was important because it was the ______________________. |
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Last major battle of the Revolutionary War |
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| The Iroquois were forced to turn over their land under the _______________________. |
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| Second Treaty of Fort Stanwix |
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| The Iroquois lost their land in the Ohio River Valley because ______________________. |
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they sided with the British |
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A large scale map shows
______________________. |
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a small area in great detail |
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A small scale map is used to see __________________. |
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List the terms of the Treaty of Paris. |
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1. recognize the independence of the United States
2. land west of the Appalachians became part of the U.S.
3. Florida was returned to Spain |
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