Chapter 6 vocab.

Question 0

Thomas Paine

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Wrote Common Sense

Question 1

Common Sense

Answer 1

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in January 1776 that called for separation from Britain

Question 2

Richard Henry Lee

Answer 2

Said in June 1776 “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States”, from Virginia

Question 3

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 3

Wrote Declaration of Independence

Question 4

Declaration of Independence

Answer 4

Document that called for freedom from Britain, had 4 parts; preamble, natural rights, British wrongs, and independence

Question 5

Traitor

Answer 5

Betrayer

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Preamble

Answer 6

Introduction

Question 7

Natural rights

Answer 7

Rights that are granted to people at birth

Question 8

Ethan Allen

Answer 8

Violent blacksmith that started the Green Mountain Boys

Question 9

Green Mountain Boys

Answer 9

Band of Vermonters that attacked and captured Fort Ticonderoga, led by Ethan Allen

Question 10

Continental Army

Answer 10

Set up by Second Continental Congress

Question 11

Olive Branch Petition

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Written by John Dickinson, asked to settle dispute with Britain peacefully, rejected by King George III

Question 12

Patriots

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Rebels (1/3 of Americans)

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Loyalists

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Loyal to Britain (1/3 of Americans)

Question 14

Battle of Bunker Hill

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First major battle of the American Revolution, proved that Americans could fight bravely, showed British would not be easy to defeat

Question 15

Benedict Arnold

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Marched his troops through the woods in Maine to Quebec, but didn’t work because of lack of supplies, started to work for Britain later on

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Refugee

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People who flee from their homes to seek refuge from war

Question 17

Blockade

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Shutting off a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out

Question 18

Mercenaries

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Troops for hire