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3/21/22 chap test Flashcards

1
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Blockade-

A

is the shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.

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2
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Mercenary

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troops for hire, from germany to help fight the colonists

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3
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is a person who betrays his or her country

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Traitor

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4
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introduction followed by 3 main parts

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Preamble

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5
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rights that belong to all people from birth

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Natural rights

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6
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Unalienable rights

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the rights to be free and to choose how to live- cannot be taken away by governments

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7
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(was from virginia) he introduced a resolution that said, “these United States are, and of right ought to be free and independent states

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Richard Henry Lee-

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8
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(massachusetts) - lawyer

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John Adams

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9
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pennsylvania) - inventor and journalist

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Ben Franklin

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10
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Thomas Jefferson

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(Virginia) - tobacco planter

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11
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Philip Livingston

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(Ny) wealthy landowner

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12
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Roger Sherman

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(connecticut) - shoe maker

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13
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1st signer of Declaration of Independence, and he was president of the 2nd Continental Congress

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John Hancock

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14
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Nathan Hale

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teacher from Connecticut, he was a spy and later hanged. His last words, “i only regret that i have but one life to lose for my country”

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15
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Aka Washington crosses the Delaware

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Trenton

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16
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“The TURNING POINT in the War”

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Saratoga

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17
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troops on horseback

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Cavalry

18
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Guerilla

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hit and run

19
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Siege

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occurs when an army surrounds running low

20
Q

Ratify

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approved

21
Q

Ex. Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chicksaw. Americans take Vincennes (present day Indiana) from the British in 1778. They were led by George Rogers Clark.

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George Rogers Clark

22
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  • commanded the “Bonhomme Richard”.
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John Paul Jones

23
Q

Privateer

A

independently owned merchant ships that became war ships and were then equipped with weapons.

24
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The Americans go on to win princeton too, by tricking General Cornwallis, into thinking the Americsns were still at Trenton, and they snuck up on princeton

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Cornwallis

25
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Nathanael Greene

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replaces General gates as Commander of the military in the south

26
Q

Francis Marion-

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“Swamp Fox”

27
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Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge

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  • February 1776. Patriots defeat the Loyalists. Moore’s Creek Bridge is near Wilmington, NC
28
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Fraunces Tavern

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Fraunces Tavern- Washington bid farewell to his troops at “Fraunces Tavern” in NYC on Wall Street

29
Q

Treaty of Paris

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between the United States and Great Britain.

30
Q

wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense”.

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Thomas Paine

31
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Gen. Burgoyne

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has a strategy to cut off New England first from the rest of the Colonies

32
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The French arrive too late to help, Washington and his men spend a long, cold Winter watching the British at Philadelphia. (1777-1778)

A

Valley Forge

33
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Von Steuben

A

Germany decides to help and sends Von Steuben - trained the American soldiers in how to use the bayonet.

34
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helped the Americans build forts.

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Pulaski and Kosciusko

35
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They sent General Lafayettee to train the American troops.

A

Lafayette

36
Q

List and explain 4 advantages the British had during the Revolutionary War.

A

They had a powerful navy
They had many generals
They had money to hire mercenaries
They had the support of the loyalists

37
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b. List and explain 4 advantages the Americans had during the Revolutionary War.

A

They were fighting on their own land
They had general george washington
They developed a navy under john paul jones
They didn’t have to transport their supplies

38
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Who won?

Lexington-

A

British

39
Q

Who won?

Concord

A

Americans

40
Q

Who won?

Saratoga

A

Americans

41
Q

Who won?

Trenton

A

Americans

42
Q

Who won?

Yorktown

A

Americans

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