Vocabulary | Leading to the War | Battles and Sites | People of the War | Declaring Independence |
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What are patriots
Americans who sided with the rebels
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What is the Quartering Act
This act required colonists to house British soldiers
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What are Lexington and Concord
These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War
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Who is George Washington
Commander of the Continental Army
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What is July 4, 1776
The Declaration was adopted on this date
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What is artillery
cannon and large guns
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What is the Boston Massacre
This event in 1770 that killed five American colonists
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What is the Battle of Yorktown
This was the final battle of the war
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Who is Benedict Arnold
U.S. army general who later was fighting on the side of the British
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What is the Decoration of Independence
This document declared American independence from
Britain |
Who is King George lll
British monarch who reigned
during the American Revolution |
What is the Townshend Act
This act taxed imports in the colonies
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What is Valley Forge
Washington and his army camped at this site in Pennsylvania
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Who is Marquis de Lafayette
This French aristocrat volunteered to serve in Washington’s army
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What is the Continental Army
America’s Patriot army during the Revolutionary War
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What is a mercenary
a professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign
country |
What is the Proclamation of 1763
This forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachians
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What is the Battle of Charles Town
This British siege was the worst defeat the Americans faced during the war
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Who is Elizabeth Freeman
This enslaved African American won her freedom in court
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Who is Thomas Jefferson
This man is wrote the Declaration of Independence
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What is an ally
a country that agrees to help
another country achieve a common goal |
What is the Boston Tea Party
Colonists protested British policies during this incident in 1773
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What are the Battles of Saratoga
These series of conflicts in New York caused British army general John Burgoyne to surrender
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Who is Richard Allen
This African-American preacher helped to start the Free African Society
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What is the Second Continental Congress
America’s government during the Revolutionary War
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