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Chapter 8 War for Independence
War for Independence
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Social Studies
5th Grade
04/07/2013

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independence
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freedom
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Patrick Henry
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Patroit thatsaid "Give me liberty or give me death"
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Thomas Paine
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wrote Comon Sense
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Common Sense
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explained why colonists needed to be free from England
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declaration
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announces an idea
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rights
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freedoms protected by laws
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John Hancock
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wrote his name large on Declaration of Independence
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treason
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crime of fighting against ones own government
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Abigail Adams
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wanted equal rights for women
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Thomas Jefferson
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wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Declaration of Indepenedence
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states that everyone has certain rigts that cannot be taken away
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loyalist
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still wanted to be part of England even though disagreed with king
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King George III
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goverened the colonies
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neutral
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not take sides
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Haym Salomen
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banker who helped USA get loans
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Peter Salem
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African American who was a hero at Binker Hill
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women's jobs in war
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spies and messengers
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problems created from the war
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houses destroyed, prices went up, farms robbed
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inflation
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rise in the price of goods
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George Washington
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leader of Continental Army
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retreat
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move away from enemy
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Nathan Hale
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spy caught by British and hung
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mercenary
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soldier paid to fight for a foreign country
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victory
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defeat of an enemy
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Battle of TRenton
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Christmas Day attack on Germans - battle won by US
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Von Steubing
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taught the Americans to march and use weapons correctly
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turning point in the war
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Battle of Saratoga
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Battle of Saratoga
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Americans win two battles and France, Russia, Sapin and Netherlands decide to help the Americans
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strategy
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plan of action
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Benedict Arnold
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traitor who fought for American first then later became a British general
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traitor
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someone who is not loyal
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Swamp Fox Francis Marion
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attack and retreat through swamps
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Nathaniel Greene
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wore out British army
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Battle of Yorktown
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where America won its freedom
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surrender
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give up
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Treaty of Paris
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US was independent and gained land
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