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-Those who remain loyal to Great Britain |
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-Colonists who chose to fight for independence |
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-Showed the colonists that they could hold their own aganist the Britsh. -British suffered more than 1,000 casualties |
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Lord Dunmore's Proclamation |
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-promised freedom to any slave who fought for the British -created by Lord Dumore, Virgina's goveror |
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-Set out to protect the right of women |
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Declaration of independence |
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-documents that all men possess unalienable rights. |
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Lord Dunmore's Proclamation |
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-promised freedom to any slave who fought for the British -created by Lord Dumore, Virgina's goveror |
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-Basic rights:life, liberty,and the pursuit of happiness. |
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-Author of the declaration of independence. |
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-Dec. 26th lasted less than an hour -Patriot forces captured more than 900 Hessians only 5 American casualties |
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-surprise attack Jan. 2nd -Patriots attacked the redcoats and won |
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-British decided to strike back aganist the Patriots -he led British troops to take back Fort Ticonderoga |
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-Wrote the common sense pamphlet |
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-Thomas paine's pamphlet arguing for the colonies to break away from great britain. |
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First Continental congress |
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-Had 56 colonial delgates in philadelphia. |
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-Key American Leader in the west -Goal was to build on army white weakening the british -Took over the town of Vincennes during the Batttle of Vincennes |
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-Joseph Brant -one of great britain's key allies -persuadedthe iroquois to support the british |
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-One of the most successful american captains. |
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-Local militia members who were ready to fight on a minute's notice. |
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-Battle aganist British vs clark's Army -Clark took over city |
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-Governor of spanish Louisiana, key ally to the patrits |
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-British general who decided to take away the minutemens weapons & ammunition |
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-Brought water to the thristy troops |
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-British General whose Army drove the continental Army off long island |
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Second Continental Congress |
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-12 colonial delegates met in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting |
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-on the patriots side. -was a wealthy,young ffrench man -gave $200,000 to support the revolution |
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-Army that defended the colonies led by George Washington |
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-Led the continental army |
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-a prussian Army afficer who led with a combination vof respwct and fear -he taught basic millitary skills |
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-Led the continental army |
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-Request for peace by the Second Continental Congress -Rejected by Brittian's King George III |
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-Patriots wore down British defenses -Charles Cornwallis surrendered to the patriots |
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-Soilders surrounded by a city or fort. |
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Battle of Brandywine creek |
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-Washington troops battled against howe's troops -howe's trooops won white th patriots suffered wire as many casualties |
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-French general who worked with washington. |
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-Peace agreement that ended the revolutionary war and established british recongnization of the united states |
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-Led patriots British troops crushed his army. |
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-Best at guerilla warfare techniques |
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-Burgoyne's Army was out numbered by patriot troops -his troops suffered major defeat and surrendered -Patriots captured the entire Army |
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swift hit and run attacks |
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