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american revloution
test on thursday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| George Washington | Leader of the continental |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration |
| John Adams | Second president of the us |
| Thomas Pain | Wrote the pamphlet called common scene |
| John Hancock | First person to sign the Declaration of Independence |
| Paul Revere | Road on the midnight Ride to warn the patriots |
| King George | The king of England during the American Revolution |
| Benjamin Franklin | a writer , a printer , a publisher ,a inventor, a scientist |
| Patrick Henry | Wrote an angry speech against the stamp act |
| Samuel Adams | Leader of the sons of Liberty in Boston |
| Lord Dunmore | a loyalist Government of Virginia |
| Mercy Otis Warren | a patriot writer that wrote plays and poems supporting Independence |
| Loyalist | wealthy, , older merchants , rich landowners , religious leaders , and governors appointed by King George 3; were loyal to Britain 1/5 of the colonist . |
| patriots | highly educated and wealthy farmers , mechanics, shopkeepers, merchants , and lawyers; angry about British taxes on goods; thought Independence would bring more freedom and riches to colonies ; 2/5 of the colonist |
| Battles | The British learned that patriots were storing gunpowder and cannons in Concord, Massachusetts . They sent soldiers to destroy the supplies. The British reached Lexington just before sunrise. They met by a small group of minutemen . The British told them |
| To leave. As they turned they turned to leave , a shot was fired. no one knew which side , the British or the colonist , shot first . Both side began shooting at one another . | ( continued form above |
| Battle of bunker hill | Militia leaders chose to build a fort on bunker hill. The hill gave theme the advantaged to fire cannons at the British soldiers to attack them. The Militia chose to build the fort on Breeds hill instead . Breeds hill was closer to Boston. |
| Battle of Saratoga | The battle of saratoga was consider a turning point in the war . Benjamin Franklin had been trying to get help with the war from France |
| why the Declaration of independence start | because the colonist (Americans) wanted to be there own country and wanted to start there own laws and be free |
| compare war team | bristh had a lot more people and huge ships and tyhey were not pland out for it they said we have better supplies the Continental army had a very small boats they had a buget of a amount they had to fight with a less people than brittan they contailnetra |
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