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Roper's 8th Social Studies
Ch. 6 The American Revolution
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History
8th Grade
10/05/2006

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2.5 million
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America's population in the 1770s
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Nathan Hale
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considered to be a Long Island hero
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Peter Salem
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African American Patriot
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Joseph Brant
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Mohawk chief
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9 million
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Great Britain's population in the 1770s
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Green Mountain Boys
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a militia group
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Friedrich von Steuben
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drilled Patriots at Valley Forge
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Francis Marion
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guerilla leader
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Margaret Corbin
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Patriot fighter
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Hessians
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British mercenaries
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Patriots
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the name given to Americans who supported independence
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Christmas night 1776
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when the Patriots scored a victory at Philadelphia
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Thomas Paine; The Crisis
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"These are the times that try men's souls"
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William Howe
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planned to capture the American capital in Philadelphia
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Valley Forge
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Patriot forces endured a winter of terrible suffering
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Saratoga
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the French openly announced support for the United States after the Americans were victorious here
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George Rogers Clark
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forced Henry Hamilton's surrender at Vincennes
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Charleston
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place where the Patriots suffered their worst defeat of the war in 1780
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King George III
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agreed to give Americans their freedom after the victory at Yorktown
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Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, John Jay
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represented the Americans at the peace talks in Paris
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