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The American Revolution
Chapter 4 Sections 1-4
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History
8th Grade
09/30/2012

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Term

 

 

First Continental Congress

Definition

 

Was a gathering of colonial leaders who were worried about Great Britain

Term

 

 

Patriots

Definition

 

Colonist who fought againt Britain

Term

 

 

Declaration of Independence

Definition

 

Formally announced break from

Great Britian

10 Resolutions to King George III

 

Term

 

 

Minutemen

Definition

 

Colonial Soldiers ready to

fight at Minutes notice

Term

 

 

Samuel Prescott

Definition

 

 

Warned the British coming to Concord

Term

 

 

Red Coats

Definition

 

 

British Color of Uniform

Term

 

 

Continental Army

Definition

 

Soldiers from All Colonies

Term

 

 

George Washington

 

Definition

 

 

Congress named him to command Army

Term

 

 

Olive Branch Petition

Definition

 

 

Signed by delegets as final attempt to restore harmony

Term

 

 

Battle of Bunker Hill

 

Definition

 

 

A fight / battle to prove

Colonists / Patriots

could beat British

Term

 

 

Battle of Lexington

Definition

 

 

The first battle of the revolution

Term

 

 

Thomas Paine

Definition

 

 

Author of

"Common Sense"

Term

 

 

Loyalists

Definition

 

 

Those who chose to side

with British (Colonist Traitors)

Term

 

 

Abigail Adams

 

Definition

 

 

Tried to add Womans Rights to

Dec of Independence

Term

 

 

New England Colonies

Definition

 

 

Tried to end Slavery

Term

 

 

Who Controlled Land

West of the Appalachians

 

Definition

 

 

American Indians

Term

 

 

Battle of Trenton

Definition

 

 

Victory against Hessians (Germans)

Term

 

 

Deborah Sampson

 

 

Definition

 

 

Woman Soldier Dressed as Man

Term

 

 

George Roger Clark

Definition

 

 

Surveyor in Ohio & Kentucy

Agreed to lead Western campaign

Term

 

 

John Paul Jones

 

 

Definition

 

 

Scottish Navel here for Patroits

Term

 

 

Mercenaries

 

Definition

 

 

Foreign Soldiers who fought for pay

Term

 

 

Battle of Yorktown

 

 

Definition

 

 

The last Major Battle of the

American Revolution

Term

 

 

Battle of Saratoga

 

 

Definition

 

 

The turning point of the War

Term

 

 

Treaty of Paris on 1783

 

 

Definition

 

 

Great Britain recognized

The United States and ended war

 

Term

 

 

Who long was American Revolution

 

 

 

Definition

 

 

8 Years

(1775-1783)

Term

 

 

Dont Fire until you see the

Whites of their Eyes

Definition

 

 

Commands from Bunker Hill

Term

 

 

The Shot Heard around the World

 

 

Definition

 

Means the World heard about

Freedom from American Colonists

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