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Unit 3 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Lexington and Concord | the first shots of the American Revolution were fired at these 2 battles outside of Boston in April 1775. |
Lexington and Concord | called the Shots Heard Around The World |
Bunker Hill | 1st major battle of the American Revolution; fought at Breeds Hill just outside of Boston. |
Bunker Hill | This was a British victory but the Americans inflicted heavy casualities on them, boosted their confidence and made them believe they could win the war. |
Declaration of Independence | document written by Thomas Jefferson; passed by Continental Congress in July, 1776 |
Declaration of Independence | officially declared that the United States was a seperate country from Great Britian; listed complaints or grievances against King George lll; explained reasons why America should declare its independence. |
Trenton and Princeton | battles in which George Washington outwitted the British army and won victories that boosted American morale to keep fighting. |
Saratoga | battle that was the turning point of the war; fought in upstate New York in 1777 |
Saratoga | battle that convinced France to make an alliance with the United States |
Valley Forge | camp outside of Philadelphia where the Continental Army suffered through the winter but were trained and became a more professional army. |
King's Mountain | battle fought on the southern frontier by the overmountain men against Loyalist; American Victory and turned the tides of the war in the south. |
Guerilla Warfare | type of warfare the Continetal Army used on the British army in the south; destroyed supply lines and burned bridges instead of facing them in battle. |
Yorktown | last battle of the American Revolution in Oct. 1781; place where the French navy trapped General Charles Cornwallis on a penisula and laid siege to the British Army. |
Loyalist | also called Torias, these were Americans that sided with Great Britain during the American Revolution. |
Treaty of Paris 1783 | agreement that ended the American Revolution; Us recieved its independence and got all the land to the Missisippi River. |
George Washington | commander of Continental Army |
Charles Cornwallis | British general that surrendered to Washington and the French at Yorktown. |
Thomas Jefferson | member of Second Continental Congress that wrote the Declaration of Independence. |
Thomas Paine | Scottish immigrant that wrote Common Sense and The Crisis |
Bendict Arnold | hero of the Battle of Saratoga but betrayed the United States and joined the British. |
Francis Marion | also called the "Swamp Fox", he was an American that praticed Guerilla Warfare in South Carolina. |
Marquis de Lafayette | French officer that was one of Washington's advisors and generals |
Baron von Steuben | Prussian army officer that trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge. |
Hessians | Germans mercenaries that fought for the British. |