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What is John Adams
What colonial leader predicted "we shall have a long... and bloody war to go through."
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What is Winter at Valley Forge
This was described as one of the worst winter storms during the war and was brutal on the soldiers from both sides but especially the continental army
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What is Their Role in Society
What did the new ideals of liberty and freedom cause women in the same society of the American Revolution to question?
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What is Yankee Doodle
This song was used early on by the British to taunt the Americans but as the war went on the Americans claimed this and added praise to the continental army and made fun of the British
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What is Hit and Run Tactic
This famous tactic was when Patriot forces would attack and catch the British forces off guard by firing their weapons as they moved along the countryside and then disappear
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What is Hessians
What was another word for the term "mercenaries"?
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What is Nathan Hale
This Patriot was a continental army spy and served as a brave patriot following the Battle of Long Island and said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
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What is George Rogers Clark
This Virginia militia leader led a force of 175 westward down the Ohio River and over land
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What is John Paul Jones
This is one of the war's greatest heroes and was a daring naval officer who was known for his successes of raiding British ports
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What is keeping ships from entering or leaving American harbors and limited delivery of supplies and troops to Patriot forces
What is a "blockade"?
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What is Called for a stronger national government that bind the colonies together and winning independence
What was the main objective and belief of the delegates?
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What is Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley
Whos nickname was "Molly Pitcher because she went to war with her husband and carried water pitchers to the soldiers?
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What is William Livingston
In 1778 this governor of New Jersey asked his government to free all enslaved people and said slavery was "utterly inconsistent with the principles of Christianity and humanity."
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What is a privately owned merchant ship outfitted with weapons, their goal is to capture enemy merchant ships and cargo
What is a "privateer"?
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What is Battle of Moore's Creek
This Battle in 1776 however a small victory ended up becoming a huge impactful win for the Patriots after they crushed the Loyalists near Wilmington, North Carolina
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What is Depended on the British for their jobs, Feared the Revolution would throw America into Chaos, and couldn't understand why the colonies wanted independence
List some of the reasons Loyalists had to support Britain in the war for independence?
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What is it takes more money to buy the same amount of goods
What is the definition of the word "inflation"?
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What is Joseph Brant
This Mohawk war chief led a number of brutal attacks in southwestern New York and Northern Pennsylvania
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What is False, in fact there was a lot of tension between the two groups and Loyalist were sometimes killed if they stayed in the colonies and voiced their pride for the British
Loyalists and Patriots were able to co-exist during the war and faced little to no conflict within the United States during the war.. True or False?
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What is one year
Recruits for the Continental army were originally asked to serve how long in the war
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What is Recognize the US as an independent nation, promised to withdraw all their troops from American territory, US would pay the British merchants what they owed, and congress would advise the new states to return property taken from Loyalists
What did the Treaty of Paris promise?
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