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American Revolution
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10th Grade
03/04/2009

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Thaddeus Kosciuszko
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Polish officer; built West Point and Saratoga
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Baron Friedich van Steuben
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Prussian officer; expert in fighting tactics
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George Rogers Clark
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took several British forts on the American frontier
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Samuel Prescott
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only one of the 3 riders that made it to concord
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Thomas Jefferson
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wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Casmir Pulaski
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Polish officer; expert calvaryman
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Ethan Allen
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Took Ft. Ticonderoga
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George Washington
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commander of all colonial forces
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Francis Marion
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the "Swamp Fox", guerilla fighter
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Samuel Adams
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leader of the Sons of Liberty
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Thomas Paine
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wrote Common Sense
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Gen. Gage
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British General at Lexington & Cocord
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John Paul Jones
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American sea captain; defeated the Serapis
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General Burgoyne
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British general; lost at Saratoga
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Paul Revere
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most famous of the 3 riders that left Boston to warn at Concord
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Cripus Attucks
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ex-slave killed at Boston Massacre
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Ben Franklin
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helped get military aid from France
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Benedict Arnold
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commander of West Point; traitor
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Marquis de Lafayette
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French soldier; expert military strategist
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Henry Knox
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pulled 59 cannons from Ft. T to Boston
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General Cornwallis
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British general; "surrendered" at Yorktown
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Trenton
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Washington attacked 1000 Hessians here on Christmas night.
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Concord
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Mass. town that held Britiah munitions
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Saratoga
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"turing Point" battle of the revolution
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Boston Tea Party
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_ _ _ ; Sons of Liberty threw tea off of ship
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Sons of Liberty
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Protestors headed by Sam Adams; opposed British taxes
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Valley Forge
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Washington stayed the wintwer of 1778 here
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Bunker Hill
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name of first real Battle of the Revolution
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Tea
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most important tax in the Townshend Acts
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Treaty of Paris in 1783
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_ _ _ ; ended the war
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Yorktown
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sight of last battle of the revolution
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Brandywine
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first real battle of the revolution actually took place here
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Minutemen
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these men could be ready to fight at a moments notice
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Lexington
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where the first shots of the war were fired
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James Wolfe
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British General; commander of Battle of Quebec
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John Adams
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made speeches fro independence from England; signed Declaration of Independence and member of the Committee of Five
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Edward Braddock
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British commander at Battle of Manoganela,attacked French
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Marquis de Montcalm
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French commander st Battle of Quebec, forced to surrender
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William Pitt
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British prime minister, persuaded parliment to raise taxes and borrow money to pay for the war
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George III
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The "He" in the Declaration of Independence, wanted control over the 13 colonies
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Horatio Gates
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Amercian Gen. at Battle of Saratoga
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Richard Henry Lee
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Va delegate, proposed colonies to be free and independent states from Great Britain
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Richard Montgomery
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American Gen. at Battle of Quebec and captured Montreal
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Admiral Francois de Grasse
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French commander, defeated British at Yorktown
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Albany Plan of Union
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strengthen ties w/ the Iroquois Confederacy
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Navigation Acts
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Colonies only use colonial or British made ships. Products only export to England.
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Mercantilism
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exporting more than you import
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Proclamation of 1763
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British forbade colonists to settle west of line, relieve conflict w/ Indians
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British East India Company
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controlled all tea trading between India and the British colonies
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Boston Massacre
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British soldiers opened fire on colonists
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Boston Tea Party
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Sons of Liberty threw tea off a ship
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Stamp Act
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Paper items to carry a tax stamp, colonists protested
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Sugar Act
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Excise tax(tax on specific item), no protests or smuggling
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Quatering Act
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Required colonists to house and feed British troops
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Townshend Acts
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Tax on household items(tea,lead,glass,paint), boycotts and smuggling
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Intolerable Acts
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Series of laws and acts passes by the British parliment on the 13 colonies
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Continental Congress
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convetion of delagates from the colonies
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1st continental congress
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response to intolerable acts,met in Philly to discuss actions against British and set up boycotts
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2nd continetal congress
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Washington is appointed commander of the Continental Army, Richard Henry Lee proposes Independence, Declaration of independence was written. try to make peace asked for free trade and equal taxes
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Commen Sense
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Argumnet for Independence, written by Thomas Paine
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Privateers
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private warship authorized by country's government to attack foreign shipping
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Hessians
Definition
German soldiers fro Hire
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Treaty of Paris in 1763
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France- east of Mississippi R./ England-Canada/ Spain- west of Mississippi R.
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Ft. Necessity
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Poorly located, quickly surrounded by French troops, Washington forced to surrender
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Mississippi River
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border line for Spanish and US territory
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West Point
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colonial military base; almost given to the british by Arnold
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