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Question 1

colonial government that assembled in Philadelphia Pennsylvania took control of the arm at Boston and asked the colonies for war supplies and troops

Answer 1

second contenental congress

Question 2

Wrote the book Common Sense

Answer 2

Thomas Paine

Question 3

petition for peace sent by the second contenental congress to king George II

Answer 3

Olive Branch Pettition

Question 4

British fort locates in New York captured in 1775 by Ethan Allens greeen mountain boys and other soilders

Answer 4

Fort Ticonderoga

Question 5

Battle on breeds hill near Boston in 1775 resulting in a costly British victory.

Answer 5

Bunker Hill

Question 6

colonists who apposed fighting britain

Answer 6

Loyalists

Question 7

document adopted on July 4th 1776

Answer 7

Declara7on of Independence

Question 8

battle against the hessians soilders in new jersery after George Washington

Answer 8

Trenton

Question 9

the location of the 1777-1778 winter encampment of the Continental Army led by General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.

Answer 9

Valley Forge

Question 10

was an American naval hero in the American Revolution, renowned for his victory over British ships of war off the east coast of England

Answer 10

John Paul Jones

Question 11

was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army, led by General George Washington, in the American Revolutionary War.

Answer 11

Marquis de Lafayete

Question 12

signed on September 3 1783 formally granting the American colonies independence as result of the war.

Answer 12

Treaty of Paris

Question 13

troops controlled by the second contentental congress and commanded by george washington.

Answer 13

Contnental Army

Question 14

was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War,

Answer 14

Ethan Allen

Question 15

individuals who favored fighting the british

Answer 15

Patriots

Question 16

hired soilders or mercinaries from germany

Answer 16

Hessians

Question 17

an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 17

Thomas Jefferson

Question 18

was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war.

Answer 18

Saratoga

Question 19

trader who transfered to Britain from the patriotts

Answer 19

Benedict Arnold

Question 20

British leader

Answer 20

Charles Cornwallis

Question 21

former serrender of general corn wallices army

Answer 21

Yorktown

Question 22

Know the 3 Phases of the American Revolu7on and know the significant ba=les of each.

Answer 22

Lexington first shot

Saratoga turning point

Yorktown last Battle where Brits surrender

Question 23

Know the purpose of the Declara7on and understand how some of its contents would lead to future conflict in America.

Answer 23

the purpose was to declare freedom and independance but not only that, also to point out to the amaricans all the wrong things the British had done to them. the future conflict would be about alvery and debate over all men are created equal. this would lead to the civil war.

Question 24

Know the 3 different categories of Americans and be able to explain them.

Question 25

Know the significance of the Battle of Saratoga.

Answer 25

turning point The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war.

Question 26

Know the significance of the Battle of Yorktown.

Answer 26

Brits surrender and disrespect goat George washington

Question 27

Know and be able to explain the provisions of the Treaty of Paris.

Answer 27

The key provisions of the Treaty of Paris guaranteed both nations access to the Mississippi River, defined the boundaries of the United States, called for the British surrender of all posts within U.S. territory, required payment of all debts contracted before the war, and an end to all retaliatory measures agains