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78 Cards in this Set
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Man chosen to lead the Continetal Army.
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Who was George Washington?
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King of England during the American Revolution.
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Who was George III?
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German troops in America.
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Who were the Hessians?
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People who opposed the split with England.
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Who were the Loyalists (or Tories)?
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American general in charge of West Point who became a traitor.
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Who was Benedict Arnold?
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Man given credit for forming the American navy.
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Who was John Paul Jones?
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General called the Swamp Fox.
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Who was Francis Marion?
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Body of water on the eastern border of the Colonies.
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What was the Atlantic Ocean?
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European country that helped the Americans win the Revolution.
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What was France?
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Place where George Washington and the Colonial troops spent a miserable winter.
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What was Valley Forge?
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City in which the peace conference was held.
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What was Paris?
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Colony in which Valley Forge was located.
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What was Pennsylvania?
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Site of the battle known as the turning point of the Revolution.
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What was Saratoga?
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Document that explains why the Colonies had to separate from England.
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What was the Declaration of Independence?
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Groups that acted as the government for the Colonies during the Revolution.
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What was the Second Continental Congress?
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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that influenced many people to favor the split with England.
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What was Common Sense?
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England's lawmaking body.
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What was Parliament?
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John Paul Jones's ship.
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What was the Bonhomme Richard?
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What Patriots often covered Loyalists with.
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What were tar and feathers?
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"Give me Libery or give me death"
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What did Patrick Henry say?
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"We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately"
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What did Benjamin Franklin say?
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"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
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What did Nathan Hale say?
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"I have not yet begun to fight"
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What did John Paul Jones say?
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"These are the times that try men's souls"
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What did Thomas Paine say?
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"We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal..."
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What did Thomas Jefferson say?
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Commander who surrendered the British troops at Yorktown.
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Who was Cornwallis?
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George Washington's wife.
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Who was Martha Washington?
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First man to sign the Declaration of Independence.
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Who was John Hancock?
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British gengeral who failed to meet Burgoyne and Howe at Saratoga because he had been beaten at Oriskany.
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Who was Barry St. Legar?
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Man in charge of training troops at Valley Forge.
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Who was Von Steuben?
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General nicknamed Gentleman Johnny.
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Who was John Burgoyne?
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Leader of the Green Mountain Boys.
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Who was Ethan Allen?
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Two cities in Canada that Benedict Arnold fought to capture.
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What were Montreal and Quebec?
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City attacked by Washington on Christmas Day 1776.
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What was Trenton?
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Body of water crossed by Washington and his troops to attack the British at Trenton.
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What was the Delaware River?
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Nation's western border after the Revolution.
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What was the Mississippi?
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Bay on which Yorktown was located.
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What was Chesapeake Bay?
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Bodies of water that formed the nation's northern border after the Revolution.
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What were the Great Lakes?
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Bay that divided the colony of Maryland.
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What was Chesapeake Bay?
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Closing off of the Atlantic Coast by ships.
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What was a blockade?
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Ship defeated by the Bonhomme Richard.
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What was the Serapis?
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Weapons captured from Fort Ticonderoga and used against the British in Boston.
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What were cannons?
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Armed merchant ships.
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What were privateers?
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Wartime Colonial money that inspired the phrase "not worth a..."
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What was a continental?
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Book for which the Bonhomme Richard was named.
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What was Poor Richard's Almanack?
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"Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes."
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What did William Prescott say?
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"These united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states."
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What did Richard Henry Lee say?
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One of Washington's best generals in North Carolina.
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Who was Nathanael Greene?
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Leader of American troops in the area north of the Ohio River.
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Who was George Rogers Clark?
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Frenchman who was Washington's trusted aide.
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Who was Lafayette?
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Englishman who was Benedict Arnold's contact in the British army.
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Who was Major John Andre?
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American ambassador to France during the Revolution.
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Who was Benjamin Franklin?
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Author of most of the Declaration of Independence.
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Who was Thomas Jefferson?
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Fort on the Wabash River captured by George Rogers Clark and his men.
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What was Vincennes?
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Colony that was the birthplace of Thomas Jefferson.
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What was Virginia?
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Nation that sent troops to help the British fight the Americans.
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What was Germany?
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City where the Second Continental Congress met.
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What was Philadelphia?
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Place where the Battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought.
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What was Breed's Hill?
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City where the Battle of Bunker Hill took place.
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What was Boston?
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Author of a pamphlet on the Colonists' duty to rebel against England.
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Who was Thomas Paine?
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British commander at the start of the Revolution.
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Who was Thomas Gage?
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Man in charge of Colonial troops at Bunker Hill.
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Who was William Prescott?
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General who controlled the British forces in Boston after Bunker Hill.
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Who was William Howe?
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Colonist who first proposed separation from England before the Continental Congress.
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Who was Richard Henry Lee?
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Leader of the American forces that captured Montreal.
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Who was Richard Montgomery?
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General who replaced Howe as leader of the British forces.
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Who was Henry Clinton?
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Two forts on Lake Champlain captured bt Burgoyne.
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What were Ticonderoga and Crown Point?
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Land area lost by Britain to Spain at the end of the Revolution.
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What was Florida?
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Body of water on which Ticonderoga and Crown Point were situated.
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What was Lake Champlain?
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River on which West Point was located.
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What was the Hudson?
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River on which Vincennes was located.
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What was the Wabash?
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Canadian body of water for which America received fishing rights as a provision of the peace treaty.
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What was the Gulf of St. Lawrence?
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Two Polish officers who served in the American army.
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Who were Pulaski and Kosciusko?
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British general who surrendered his forces at Saratoga.
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Who was John Burgoyne?
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French admiral who helped keep the British fleet occupied.
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Who was DeGrasse?
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Two of the three men sent to represent America at the peace confernece.
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Who were Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams?
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Woman who became famous during the Battle of Monmouth when she replaced her wounded husband as gunner.
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Who was Molly Pitcher?
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King of France who agreed to help the Americans in their fight.
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Who was Louis XVI?
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