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What was the goal of the First Continental Congress? State the colonists' concerns and ask the king to correct the issues.
Name 3 main ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence? Britain violated colonist's rights by taxing without their consent, all people have rights, colonists have a right to break from Britain.
Loyalists sided with who? The British
What did Patriots call their enemy? Red Coats
What are hit-and-run attacks known as? Guerrilla Warfare?
Which battle is associated with "the shot heard around the world"? Concord
What was the first attempt at a republican government for the colonies? The Second Continental Congress
Who are hired foreign soldiers? Mercenaries
Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill? British (but they lost twice as many soldiers
Who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay? Marquis de Lafayette
List 3 facts about Baron Friedrich von Steuben. He trained American troops, he was a military leader from Prussia, he led with a combination of respect and fear.
Written without an author's name? Anonymously
Which battle was the turning point of the war? Battle of Saratoga
George Rogers Clark volunteered to lead which campaign? Western
Who was authorized to become the Continental Army? Massachusetts Militia
Thomas Paine's pamphlet "Common Sense" changed the way colonists viewed who? Their King
Who what formed a committee to write the Declaration of Independence? The Second Continental Congress
What is the abuse of government power known as? Tyranny
The Patriots wanted independence from who? Great Britain
Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence? Thomas Jefferson
What is John Paul Jones best known for? naval/sailing success
Who commanded the Continental Army? George Washington
Which battle launched from Breed's Hill? Battle of Bunker Hill
Who are American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice? Minutemen
What means "impossible to take away"? Unalienable
When was the Declaration of Independence approved? July 4, 1776
What was the last major battle of the American Revolution? Battle of Yorktown
Who won the Battle of Trenton? Patriots
What pamphlet argued that citizens, not kings and queens, should make laws? Common Sense
What is Francis Marion's nickname? Swamp Fox
What treaty recognized the independence of the United States from the British? Treaty of Paris 1783
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