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Gr 4 History Ch 10
Gr 4 History Ch 10 New Names
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| King George III | king of England at the time of America's War for Independence |
| Stamp Act | unfair tax law that angered the colonists |
| Boston Massacre | a fight between angry colonists and British soldiers in which five colonists were killed |
| Crispus Attucks | black patriot killed during the Boston Massacre |
| Boston Tea Party | a protest by American colonists who dumped over 300 chests of British tea into Boston Harbor |
| Continental Congress | group of men who met before and during the War for Independence to decide what the colonies would do about England's unfair treatment |
| Minutemen | Massachusetts soldiers who said they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice |
| Patrick Henry | young patriot known for saying, "...as for me, give me liberty or give me death!" |
| Paul Revere and William Dawes | two men who warned the colonists of British attack |
| Ethan Allen | daring American soldier who led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British |
| Declaration of Independence | document which stated the reasons why American colonists wanted freedom from English rule |
| Thomas Jefferson | author of the Declaration of Independence |
| John Hancock | president of the Continental Congress |
| General George Washington | commander chief of the colonial army; called "the Father of His Country" |
| Nathan Hale | brave American spy who gave his life for his country; known for saying, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
| Betsy Ross | lady said to have stitched together the first American flag with stars and stripes |
| Flag Day | celebrated on June 14; the anniversary of the day on which George Washington presented our country's new flag to Congress |
| George Rogers Clark | soldier who captured British forts in the Northwest Territory for America |
| John Paul Jones | brave sea captain who was one of the first officers of the American navy; he was determined our first navy would be successful |
| Bonhomme Richard | John Paul Jone's ship |
| Serapis | British ship captured by John Paul Jones in his most famous sea battle |
| General Lord Cornwallis | British general who surrendered to George Washington |
| General Nathanael Greene | American general who fought the British in the Southern Colonies |
| Treaty of Paris | agreement which ended the War for Independence, giving the colonies their independence from England |
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