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Unit Three Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Lexington and Concord | The first shots of the american revolution were fired at these two battles outside of boston in april 1775 |
Lexington and concord | called the Shot Heard Round the World |
Bunker hill | this was a british victory but the americans inflicted heavy casualties on them, boosted their confidence and made them believe they could win |
Declaration of independence | document written by thomas jefferson; passed by continental congress in july 1776 |
Declaration of independence | officially declared that the United states were a separate country from Great Britain; listed complaints or grievances or complaints against king george ll; explained reasons why america should declare its independence |
Trenton and princeton | battles 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 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 winter but were trained and became a more professional army |
bunker hill | The first major battle of the american revolution; fought at breeds hill outside of boston. |
Kings mountain | battle fought on the southern frontier by the over mountain men against loyalists; american victory and turned the tide of the war in the south |
guerilla warfare | type of warfare the continental 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; pace where the french navy trapped general charles cornwallis on a peninsula and laid siege to the british army |
loyaists | also called tories, these were americans that sided with great britain during the american revolution |
treaty of paris 1783 | agreement that ended the american revolution; US received its independence and got all the land to the mississippi river. |
george washington | commander of the continental army |
charles cornwallis | british general that surrendered to washington and the french at yorktown |
thomas jefferson | member of the second continental congress that wrote the declaration of independence |
thomas paine | scottish immigrant that wrote common sense and the crisis |
benedict 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 practiced 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 | German mercenaries that fought for the british |