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| The Pennsylvania camp where George Washington's troops struggles to survive the winter of 1777-1778 | Valley Forge
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| 1775 meeting of colonial leaders to direct the Revolution and approve the Declaration of Independence | Second Continental Congress
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| The document that formally justified and declared the colonies' independence from Britain in 1776 | The Declaration of Independence
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| An African-American Patriot who was the first victim of the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks
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| Term for rising prices and declining purchasing power; it made life in wartime difficult | inflation
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| Commander of the Rebel Army | General George Washington
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| British attack on a mob in MA in 1770 that increased tensions with the colonists | Boston Massacre
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| Virginia lawyer and author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson
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| Number of men that died in the Revolutionary War | 25,000 +
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| Laws that punished the colonies for the Boston Tea Party and limited colonists' rights | Intolerable Acts
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| Thomas Paine's pamphlet which inflamed the colonists' desire for independence from Britain | Common Sence
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| Groups set up by American colonists to exchange information about British threats to their liberty | Committees of Correspondence
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| The Battle at which the British surrendered to the Americans in 1781 | Yorktown
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| Colonists who opposed independence and remained loyal to the British government during the American Revolution | Loyalists
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| Started the Committee of Correspondence, the Sons of Liberty, and helped organize the Boston Tea Party. | Samuel Adams
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| King of England during the Boston Tea Party and the Declaration of Independence | George III
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| The dishonorable practice of selling goods in short supply at inflated prices during wartime | Profiteering
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| Culper's gang was a group of ____________. | spies
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| British tax on colonial documents; later repealed by British due to colonists' organized resistance. | Stamp Act
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| The French aristocrat and military leader who offered key assistance to the Patriots | Marquis de Lafayette
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| Two countries that aided the Colonists with ships and guns | France and Spain
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| Key American victory in 1777 that helped sway France to support the Revolution | Saratoga
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| Colonists who supported the war for independence from Britain | Patriots
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| Deadly disease at this time | Small pox
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| An offer of peace extended to Britain in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress | Olive Branch Petition
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| Helped the patriots by teaching them proper hygiene, discipline and order | Baron Fredrick von Stueben
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| A tactic the British thought was appalling | targeting the officers
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| The Revolutionary War was from | 4/19/1775 - 9/3/1783
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| He wrote a recipe for vanilla ice cream | Thomas Jefferson
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| "We must all hang together,or assuredly we shall all hang separately." | Benjamin Franklin
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| "Give me liberty, or give me death." | Patrick Henrey
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| Author of the pamphlet, Common Sense | Thomas Paine
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| Ruled by a king | Monarchy
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| Most remember him as the general who lost the deciding battle of the Revolutionary War at Yorktown | Charles Cornwallis
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| These were 7 of the Founding Fathers | George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, & Benjamin Franklin
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| What 3 countries were the first to colonize what became North America? | Britain, France, and Spain
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| Who won the 7 Years War? | Britain
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| The 7 Years War is also know as _______________. | The French and Indian War
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| What problem did Britain face after the 7 Years War? | Debt
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| The first tax Britain placed on the colonies was called the _______________ Act | Stamp
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| The main way that the colonists protested Britain's control over them was through _____________________. | boycotts
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| What event took place on Dec. 6, 1773 | Boston Tea Party
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| What was the date of the Boston Massacre? | March 5, 1770
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| What was the title of the picture made of the Boston Massacre? | Bloody Massacre
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| Who created the picture called The Bloody Massacre? | Paul Revere
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| What was the name of the Act the King implemented in response to the Boston Tea Party? | The Intolerable Acts
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| What year was the First Continental Congress meeting? | 1774
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| Where was the First Continental Congress meeting held? | Philadelphia
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| Who was the British general in MA that ordered the disarmament of the colonists? | Thomas Gage
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| Who helped organize the Boston Tea Party? | Samuel Adams
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| Who dressed up as Native Americans and carried out the dumping of the tea into the Boston Harbor? | The Sons of Liberty
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| Who helped organize the Sons of Liberty? | Samuel Adams
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| Who was the richest man in Boston during the Revolutionary period? | John Hancock
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| Who became the general of the Continental Army? | George Washington
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| When was the Declaration of Independence ratified? | July 4, 1776
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| Where did more Americans die during the American Revolution that did in battle? | British prison ships
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| When was the American flag adopted? | June 1777
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| What commander got frustrated with the war efforts and defected to the British? | Benedict Arnold
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| What is the name of the treaty that ends the American Revolutionary War? | The Treaty of Paris
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| What year was the constitution of the United States written? | 1787
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| What year did George Washington become president? | 1789
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| Where did George Washington put the nation's capitial? | Washington DC
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| Where were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War? | Lexington and Concord
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| The person General Washington turned to for help with the rebel army. | Von Steuben
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| How many POW's died in the prison ships? | 3000
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| How much of New York was destroyed by fire? | 1/4
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| What percentage of New York stayed loyal to the crown? | 20%
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| How many patriots rode with Paul Revere on his famous Midnight Ride? | 40+
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| Who were two of the man that rode with Paul Revere to alert the militia that the British were coming? | Samuel Prescott and William Dawes
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