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Terrell Academy 8th Grade U.S. HIstory
Chapter 10 U.S. History
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History
8th Grade
10/31/2011

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Jefferson
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Wrote Declaration of Independence
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happiness
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life, liberty, and the pursuit of....
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fourth
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July _____, day of declared independence
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Hessians
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German mercenaries
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Washington
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commander in chief of continental army
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Arnold
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very able, but eventually tragic figure of war
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Champlain
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lake which was sight of naval battle for New York
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Charleston
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South Carolina city which stood attack by Britain
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Lexington
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place of shot heard round the world
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Clinton
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British general who attacked Charleston
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Ticonderoga
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British fort taken by Green Mountain boys
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Allen
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Head of Green Mountain boys
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Howe
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British general who surrendered in Boston, and also led British capture of New York
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Concord
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second battle of Revolutionary war
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Jones
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"I have not yet begun to fight"
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Stueben
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German general who trained Washington's troops
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Hale
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"I regret I have but one life to give for my country"
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Saratoga
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place of Burgoyne
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Trenton
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place of attack on Hessians by Washington
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Delaware
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river of surprise on Hessians
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Forge
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valley of the dreadful winter for Washington
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Hudson
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important river valley to cut off New England
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Greene
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found food for troops at Valley Forge
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Arnold
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turned traitor; wanted to surrender West Point
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France
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country friendly to America
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Marion
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swamp fox of hit & run tactics
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Harry
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Lee; who hurt British in raid & ambush tactics
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Savannah
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Georgia city captured by Clinton
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Paris
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Treaty which ended American Revolution
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Tarllton
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cruel British captain
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Charleston
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South Carolina city captured by Clinton
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kings
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mountain of British defeat
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Clark
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led American troops who defeated British at the Vencennes
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French
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fleet which helped Americans trap the British at Yorktowne
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Indians
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aided British in Ohio valley
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Cornwallace
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surrendered at Yorktowne, Virginia
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Esterbrook
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heroic black man who fought for American freedom
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Culper
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a ring of American women spies
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Molley
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reloaded muskets and carried water to troops
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loyalists
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colonists who fought with the British
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boycott
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refuse to buy goods
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Warren
Definition
historian of American revolution
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