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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Lexington and Concord | April 1775: First battle of the revouloution After years of protest, fighting has begun |
| Bunker hill | June 1775: Thousands of Militia surround Boston threatening British troops, militia fought well but ran out of ammuniton shows the colonists can win |
| Longs island | August 1776: Contenential army is badly defeated, however they escaped to avoid sorrendering The contential army is not captured |
| Trenton | December 1776: Washington sneaks across the Delaware river on Christmas night, Defeats the enemy in a surprise attack First victory is a morale booster |
| Saratoga | October 1777: Major contential victory , americans capture 8000 british soilders, preventish British from dividing the colony in half turning point of the revolution bc France allies with the colonists |
| Yorktown | October 1781: the contenetial army and the French navy trap the british in Yorktown, large British army is forced to sorrender final major battle of the revoultion |
| treaty of paris | ends the war and allows the colonies to be independent |
| Albany plan of union | Ben franklin's plan to unite the colonies it plants the seed for unity -happens 20 years later |
| French and Indian war | France and Britain go to war in north america - Britain wins colonists dont get land and Britain's tax colonies |
| Proclamation of 1763 | British law said that colonists could not settle west of the applichain mountains settlers wanted to move east |
| excise taxes | British efforts to raise money from colonists "no taxation without rep. |
| Sons of liberty | An organization that organized protests against the british encouraged people to support the patriots |
| Boston massacre | Five colonists were killed by British soilders it makes colonists beleive in prpoganda |
| Proproganda | info designed to influence your thinking anti-british |
| Boston tea party | Protest the tea act(bout taxes)- tea dumped into harbor most well known protest |
| intolerable acts | Punishment for Boston tea party colonists were not gonna accept these laws |
| continental Congress | Meeting of representtive from the 13 colonies to disccus response to British Unites the colonies against britian |
| Olive branch petition | Attempt to keep peace w/britian Colonists were mad that the king ignored the petition |
| Common sense | Book written by Thomas paine that said it made sense for colonies to be independant Colonies decide to support independance |
| sons of liberty | American colonists who protested British taxes and laws before the rev. war |
| Patriot | supported American independence |
| loyalist | supported British rule |
| Tory | another name for loyalist |
| parliament | British law-making body |
| king George | british monarch during revolution |
| advantaged for the americans in the rev war | home field advantage stronger motivation to fight for freedom french and spanish assistance :money ,troops guerilla warfare tactics used |
| advantages for the British army in the rev war | well trained, supplied military force stronger economy, more resources established goverment and navy more experience in warfare |
| Who won the revoulinatary war | the americans |
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