STAAR Points 8 Flashcards
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King of England during the American Revolution
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George 3
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French nobleman who fought with the Americans during the revolution
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Marquis de Lafayette
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First battle if the American Revolution “The Shot Heard Round the World”
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Lexington and Concord
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Turning point if the war, the America. Victory convinced the French go join the Patriots in fighting the British
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Prattle of Saratoga
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A major test for the American army; Washington spent the bitter winter training his freezing, starving troops
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Valley Forge
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The last battle of the Revolution, Lord Cornwallis surrendered British troops to Washington
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Battle of Yorktown
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British recognized American independence, the Mississippi River became the new western boundary of the U.S
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Treaty of Paris (1783)
