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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What document declared loyalty to the king and asked him to repeal the Intolerable Acts? | Olive Branch Petition |
| How did the king respond to the Olive Branch Petition? | Sent troops to stop the revolt |
| What group conducted a surprise attack at Fort Ticonderoga defeating the British and stealing their supplies? | Green Mountain Boys |
| What was the name of George Washington’s army? | Continental Army |
| What group wanted to remain loyal to Britain and continue to be a British colony? | Loyalists |
| What group wanted freedom from Britain? | Patriots |
| What was the name of the very first official battle of the war? | Battle of Bunker Hill |
| What is the act of shutting a port off called? | Blockade |
| The king hired these from Germany to help fight the colonists: | Mercenaries |
| Who wrote a pamphlet urging colonists to break from Britain? | Thomas Paine |
| What was the name of the pamphlet that urged the colonists to break away from Britain called? | Common Sense |
| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| A person who betrays his or her country is a called a what? | Traitor |
| When was the Declaration of Independence signed? | July 4, 1776 |
| What document was written and signed to officially break away from Britain? | Declaration of Independence |
| The introduction to the Declaration of Independence: | Preamble |
| Rights that belong to all people from birth: | Natural Rights |
| What were the three main parts of the Declaration of Independence after the preamble? | Natural rights, British wrongdoings, and independence |
| In this battle 1,400 Americans were killed by General Howe’s troops and Washington was forced to retreat north: | Battle of Long Island |
| This battle was one of the first American victories, giving colonists hope: | Battle of Saratoga |
| This was a makeshift fort where Washington’s troops had to endure a long, cold winter: | Valley Forge |
| Women’s two roles in the war effort: | at home and on the war front |
| What did women hope to gain from helping in the war? | Equality |
| What did African Americans hope to gain by helping in the war? | End to slavery |
| Allies of the British: | Native Americans |
| Allies of the colonists: | France and Spain |
| What did the colonists create to fight the British at sea? | A navy |
| The final battle of the war: | Battle of Yorktown |
| When an army surrounds and blockades an enemy position in attempt to capture it: | Siege |
| The document that officially ended the war. In it Britain had to recognize the colonies at the free and independent United Stated: | Treaty of Paris |
| This feeling of pride grew as the colonists won battles: | Patriotism |
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