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Stack #177291
Ikeno G8 Ch 6 Stack #177291
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776? | Declaration of Independence |
| Leader in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga and later became a traitor | Benedict Arnold |
| Main author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill | British |
| Meeting held in Philadelphia in 1775 where the Olive Branch Petition was written to the king of England | Second Continental Congress |
| The city where the colonial army surprised the Hessian troops in Christmas night of 1776 | Trenton |
| Location of one of the harshest winters for the colonial army | Valley Forge |
| Thomas Paine's pamphlet that promoted American separating from Britain | Common Sense |
| Location where British demanded southern colonists to lay arms down, angered colonists fought back and won | Kings Mountain |
| British officer who surrendered at Yorktown | Charles Cornwallis |
| American naval hero during the war | John Paul Jones |
| Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold led the capture of this fort | Fort Ticonderoga |
| The signing of this document officially ended the War for Independence | Treaty of Paris |
| Victory at this location forced the British to move south and France committed to support the patriots | Saratoga |
| Patriots won this city by bringing cannons and ammo from Fort Ticonderoga | Boston |
| Patriot schoolteacher who was killed because he was a spy giving Washington information about British activity | Nathan Hale |
| People that sided with the British during the war | Loyalists, Tories, Hessians |
| Leader of the Green Mountain Boys | Ethan Allen |
| Patriot who captured frontier outposts to give America claim to the western regions | George Rogers Clark |
| Who quoted, "I have not yet begun to fight." | John Paul Jones |
| British officer who lost at Saratoga | John Burgoyne |
| Patriot to replaced General Gates as leader in the South | Nathanael Greene |
| Name of the American army and troops | Continental Army |
| Armed merchant ships | privateers |
| Hired soldiers | mercenaries |
| Another name for Loyalists | Tories |
| Colonists who wanted independence from Britain | patriots |
| Year the War for Independence officially ended | 1783 |
| Negotiators for the treaty at the end of the war | Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens |
| After the signing of the Declaration of Independence, what percentage supported the war? | One-third to one-half |
| Land received from the British as a result of the war | From the Appalachian to the Mississippi River |
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