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chapter 4/ section 4
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10/10/2011

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describe the conditions that the continenteal army endured at valley forge in the winter
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frost bite, snow, coldness
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what role did the woman play in the war
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plant and harvested food, made shoes, did bandages, cook, made guns, and spices
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why were black people aloud to join the american revolution
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so they would have more men, promised freedom
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swamp fox
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francis marions
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swamp foxs battel tactics were...
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to hide, supprise attack,and snipe
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where was cornwallis defeated
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yorktown
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what did cornwallis do during the war
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surrended
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who said i have regret that i have but one life to lose for my country
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Nathanel Hale
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i have not yet began to fight came from who
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john Paul Jones
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what city did the british plan to base there base on in their war effort
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New York
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where did general howe attack
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heattacked, ny
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was gener howe successful in attacking of ny
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yes
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what did gw do that was so tricky in the battel of trenton and princton
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acted like he was satying at princton, went threw delaware river and killed germans, it was christmas night, and
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what was burgoyne planes to defet the colonies
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to not send supplies to new england
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what city did burgoyne plane to defet
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allbany
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what battel marked the turning point of the war
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the battel of saratoga
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why was saratoga the turning point of the war
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because it was the end of brits threatning to end threats to new englan, boost spiret os colonist
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was Nathal Hale a spy
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yes
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did he get hung
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yes
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did nathal hale get cought
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yes
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who was natania pretending to be
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a dutch toter
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who was lafayett
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French nobleman who became interested in the American Revolution and came to America to aid the colonists
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who was john paul jones
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a navel fighter went to england to fight there
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who was benidict arnald
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a guy who was on colonist side then went to british side because of his wife
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who was corn wallis
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the man who surrended to the americans and french at the battel of yorktown
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how did gw react to commansense
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he liked t, the thought it was right, and he thought it was a pwerful change
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if u sighned the thing to sseperate form britan and were cought what woould happen
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u would be hung
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who wrote the decleraton of independance
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thomas jefferson
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how did commen sense influense colonist
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telling them they did not owe loyalty yo the monarch
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who wrote his name big on decleration of independance
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jhon handcock
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whats a patriot
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a person who supports independance
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whats a looyalist
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a person who is loyal
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