Revolutionary War Flashcards by B -

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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

Colonial ambassador to France

Benjamin Franklin

Second battle of the U.S. Revolution

Battle of Concord

Colonists who favored the British

Torries

George Washington's command

The Continental Army

British-German mercenaries during the revolution

Hessians

South Carolina "Swamp Fox"

Francis Marion

Sea captain who took the war to Britain

John Paul Jones

Virginia lawyer and war advocate

Patrick Henry

Colonial major who defected to the British

Major John Andre

Treaty that ended the U.S. Revolution

Treaty of Paris

Battle near Boston - 1775

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