Chapter Four Flashcards
Actually fought on breeds hill. Col. William Prescott : “don’t fight till you see the whites of their eyes”
Battle of bunker hill
Wrote Declaration of Independence, died July 4th 1826
Thomas jeffeson
4 sections: 1 preamble, 2 basic rights, 3 british abuses, 4 declaring independence
Declaration of Independence
Dec 26 1776 Washington cross Delaware river and surprise attack the hessians
You don’t fit in winter, US Wins
Battle of trenton
Final attack lead by Benedict Arnold , turning point of war
Victory at saratoga
Battle of yorktown
Cornwallis and 8,000 British surrender
Last major battle of war
Sept 3, 1783 ends the war
Longest american war :8 yrs (besides Vietnam)
America is independent!!
Treaty of Paris
Battle of Lexington, shot heard around the world: no one knows
April 19,1775