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S.S. Ch. 4 Test
People, Battles, and Events
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King George III | King of England during the Revolutionary War. |
| George Washington | Revolutionary War hero and Patriot leader, served as a representative to the Continental Congresses, commanded the Continental Army, and elected two terms as president of the U.S. |
| John Paul Jones | American naval officer who defeated the British warship Serapis and declared the statement, " I have not yet begun to fight!". |
| Thomas Paine | American political philosopher and author, he wrote the pamphlet Common Sense. |
| George Rogers Clark | American Revolutionary soldier and frontier leader, and during the Revolution he encouraged the Indians to remain neutral. |
| Thomas Jefferson | American statesman and member of of two Continental Congresses, one of the main author's of the Declaration of Independence and a signer, ans the third president of the U.S. |
| Francis Marion | Revolutionary War commander of Marions Brigade, a group of guerilla soldiers that used surprise raids on the British. |
| Charles Cornwallis | Rushed to stop Washington as he marched to Princeton |
| Baron Von Steuben | Pursain soldier who helped train American forces at Valley Forge during the American Revolutionary War. |
| Battle of Lexington | near Concord, 70 armed minutemen vs. British troops, this is when the "shot heard 'round the world" was heard, and the battle didnt last long |
| Battle of Yorktown | the last major battle of the Revolutionary War |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | a Revolutionary War battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well againt the British army |
| Battle of Saratoga | a Revolutionary War battle in New York that resulted in a major defeat of British troops |
| Battle of Trenton | a Revolutionary War battle in New Jersey in which Patriot forces captured more than 900 Hessian groups |
| Battle of Canada | Patriot troops went to Quebec on New Year's Eve and got defeated, the Americans suffered at a crushing loss, and the Patriots' hopes of taking Canade faded. |
| First Continental Congress | a gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relationship between Great Britian and its colonies in America |
| Second Continental Congress | a second group of colonies that represented the first attempt at a Republican gorvernment in the colonies |
| Common Sense Published | a 47 page pamphlet that was distributed in Philedelphia in January 1776 |
| Independence declared | formally announced the colonies' break from Great Britian |
| Treaty of Paris of 1783 | Great Britian recognized the independence of the U.S. |
| Turning point of the war | the Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution |
| Valley Forge | Washington settled 12,000 men here, north of Philadelphia. The name of Valley Forge brings mind suffering, and courage. |
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