Revolutionary War Flashcards by B - | Brainscape

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Revolution Pamphlateer and Common Sense author

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Thomas Paine

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Patriot spy caught and hanged

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Nathan Hale

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Federalist Papers (85 essays) author

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Alexander Hamilton

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Colonial officer - father of Robert E. Lee

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Henry (Light Horse Harry) Lee

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French aide to George Washington

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Marquis de lafayette

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Pole who aided in the Battle of Saratoga

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Thaddeus Kosciusko

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Polish general who helped the colonists

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Count Pulaski

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Patriotic group established in 1765

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Sons of Liberty

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“The Scribe of the Revolution”

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Thomas Jefferson

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Colonial general who defected to the British

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Benedict Arnold

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Battle of Monmouth heroine

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Molly Pitcher

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Organization of patriots founded by Ethan Allen

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The Green Mountain boys

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Patriot who captured fort Ticonderoga

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Ethan Allen

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December 17 - 1773 raid

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Boston Tea Party

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Lawyer who defended British soldiers of the Boston Massacre

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John Adams

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Street clash on March 5 - 1770

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Boston Massacre

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Prussian advisor to George Washington

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Baron von Steuben

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First battle of the U.S. Revolution

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Battle of Lexington

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General who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown

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Charles Cornwallis

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Battle that decided the U.S. Revolution

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Yorktown

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General who defeated Burgoyne

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Horatio Gates

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British General who surrendered at Saratoga - 1777

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John Burgoyne

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General who captured Montreal in 1777

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Richard Montgomery

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Battle leading to the fall of Philadelphia

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Brandywine

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Colonial ambassador to France

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Benjamin Franklin

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Second battle of the U.S. Revolution

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Battle of Concord

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Colonists who favored the British

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Torries

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George Washington’s command

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The Continental Army

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British-German mercenaries during the revolution

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Hessians

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South Carolina “Swamp Fox”

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Francis Marion

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Sea captain who took the war to Britain

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John Paul Jones

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Virginia lawyer and war advocate

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Patrick Henry

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Colonial major who defected to the British

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Major John Andre

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Treaty that ended the U.S. Revolution

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Treaty of Paris

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Battle near Boston - 1775

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Battle of Bunker Hill (Actually fought on Breed’s Hill)