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Vocab Test 11/4/16
Social Studies Test 3/4
Term | Definition |
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Battle of Saratoga | This was the first head to head victory for the Continental Army. France agreed to support the Patriot cause making it a turning point in the war. |
Valley Forge | Winter camp of the Continental Army in 1777-1778. Troops suffered greatly, but trained to become a better army. The Crisis by Thomas Paine encouraged many to keep fighting. |
Battle of Yorktown | This was the final battle of the war. General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington after a long siege. |
Treaty of Paris 1783 | This was the final agreement to end the war between Great Britain and the United States. It finally gave the US it's independence. |
France | The main ally of the Patriots that sent money, men (like Lafayette), and ships to defeat the British. |
Republicanism | The citizens of a country are able to select their own leaders, usually through voting. |
Legacy | Something that lasts after an event is over. |
Thomas Jefferson | Main author of the Declaration of Independence, included Locke's ideas of unalienable rights. |
Revolution | To act against your own government in order to overthrow it, sudden change. |
Propoganda | Using exaggeration of events to manipulate people's opinions. |
Boycott | To refuse to buy a product as a form of protest. |
Unalienable Rights | the rights given to humans by God, cannot be taken away by government. |
Second Continental Congress | Meeting of delegates from several colonies that created the Continental Army and wrote the Declaration of Independence. |
Common Sense | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argues for independence, made many people become patriots. |
Patriot | A colonist that wanted independence from Great Britain. |
Loyalist | A colonist that wanted to remain part of Great Britain. |
Samuel Adams | Organized Sons of Liberty and its boycotts. |
Patrick Henry | Leader of the House of Burgesses, famous quote, "Give me liberty, or give me death,". |
Declaration of Independence | Adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, written by Thomas Jefferson, based on ideas of John Locke. |
Thomas Paine | Author that wrote Common Sense and The Crisis, helped convince many to side with the Patriots during the war and kept many soldiers in the army during Valley Forge. |