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Chapter 3 RevWar
Chapter 3 Revolutionary War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the pamphlet that convinced colonists to break away from Britain? | Common Sense |
| Who wrote Common Sense? | Thomas Paine |
| Who was known as the "Swamp Fox?" | Francis Marion |
| Which Patriot general switched sides,his name becoming synonomous with the word "traitor?" | Benedict Arnold |
| Place where Continental Army spent brutal winter in 1777 | Valley Forge |
| Groups excluded from Declaration of Independence | Women and African-Americans |
| Names for colonists who chose to remain loyal to Britain | Loyalists (also Tories) |
| Patriot general in South | Nathanael Greene |
| The Boston battle lost by colonists but proved they could hold their own | Bunker Hill |
| Patriot diplomat who was adored by French society | Benjamin Franklin |
| Agreement which ended the Revolutionary War | Treaty of Paris |
| Patriot naval hero | John Paul Jones |
| The German soldiers who fought for the British for money | Hessians |
| The British general who was surrounded at Yorktown and defeated | Cornwallis |
| Arrogant British General defeated at Saratoga | Burgoyne |
| Jefferson believed that King George had broken the social _______and therefore should not be obeyed | contract |
| Battle won by Patriots on Christmas Night | Trenton |
| French nobleman who helped the Patriots in many ways | Lafayette |
| Members of the civilian volunteer ready militia | minutemen |
| Main author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| Soldiers who fight for pay not patriotism | mercenaries |
| Name of brothers who commanded British Army and Navy at the outset of the war | Howe |
| A great victory on the Hudson River was turning point for the Patriots | Saratoga |
| The deciding victory for the Patriots | Yorktown |
| Spaniard Governor of Louisiana, who helped the Patriots | Galvez |
| Successful Patriot commander on western frontier | Clark |
| Bookseller who became great Patriot general and artillery expert | Henry Knox |
| Fort taken without a shot; gave Patriots many weapons | Ticonderoga |
| Successfully used by the Patriots, this type of warfare involved sneak attacks | guerilla |
| Prussian military man who trained Patriots to be good soldiers | Baron von Stueben |
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