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Revolutionary war
Chap. 6-textbook
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History
4th Grade
05/11/2007

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Thomas Jefferson
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Wrote the Declaration of Independence
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George Washington
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Led the Continental Army.
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Catherine Schuyler
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Set a field of wheat on fire so the British would not be able to use food from her family's farm.
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Sybil Ludington
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She warned colonists that the British troops were approaching
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James Forten
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An African American Patriot who fought against the British inthe American Revolution
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Joseph Brant
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He led the Iroquois army to help the British in the American Revolution.
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Lexington and Concord
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The first battles of the American Revolution took place here
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Patriot
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A colonist who wanted freedom from British rule.
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Loyalist
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A colonist who wanted to remain under British rule.
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Yorktown
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The last major battle of the American Revolution took place here.
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Why was the Battle of Saratoga so important?
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The British were forced to retreat and could not capture NY. French leaders saw that the Americans actually had a chance to win the war against Britain so they sent soldiers and money to help the Patriots.
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Continental Army
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The Patriot Army
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Declaration of Independence
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