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48 Cards in this Set
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What was the crucial issue behind the War of Independence?
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practical self-government
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What was the main purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?
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to provide news on British thrests to liberty
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What sparked the Coercive Acts?
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the Boston Tea Party
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What was a major accomplishment of the First Continental Congress?
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to assert the rights of the colonies to govern themselves
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What was the major reason that the colonists lost the Battle of Bunker Hill?
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the American soldiers ran out of ammunition
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What did Common Sense advocate?
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independence from Britain
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Why did George Washington attempt to defend New York?
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Giving up the city without a fight would damage support for the war
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Why was Princeton an important victory for Washington?
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It raised the low morale of the army
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Why was the Saratoga campaign an important victory for the Patriots?
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It brought France into the war.
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What act of treason did Benedict Arnold agaree to perform?
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to hand over a fort
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In what area did the "Swamp Fox" help the war effort?
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guerrilla raids
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What unexpected event turned Cornwallis's secure position at Yorktown into a hopeless trap?
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the arrival of a French fleet with reinforcements
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What action did Boston's Patriots take in 1773 when some British ships refused to take their tea back to England?
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the Boston Tea Party
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What term refers to "citizen soldiers" such as the minutemen?
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militia
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What term describes the colonial supporters of the British during the American Revolution?
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Loyalists or Tories
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What treaty brought the American Revolution to an end?
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the Treaty of Paris
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Who was the British general whose army occupied Boston and attacked Concord?
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Thomas Gage
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Who was the Virginian Patriot whose speeches supported the war?
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Patrick Henry
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Who was the Englishman who wrote Common Sense to arouse support for independence?
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Thomas Paine
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Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Who was the member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence and an American negotiator for the Treaty of Paris?
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John Adams
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Who was the British general who took New York and Philadelphia but missed his main objective?
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William Howe
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Who was the British general who surrendered his army near Saratoga?
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John Burgoyne
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Who was the British general who surrendered his army at Yorktown?
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Charles Cornwallis
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Who was the commander of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga?
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Ethan Allen
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Who was the commander in chief of the Continental Army?
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George Washington
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Who was the American ordinance chief who surprised the British by transporting heavy artillery to Boston?
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Henry Knox
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Who was the overrated American commander who won at Saratogy but lost at Camden?
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Horatio Gates
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Who was the American leader who was vital in winning the battles of Saratoga and Cowpens?
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Daniel Morgan
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Who was the German drillmaster for the Continental army?
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Baron von Steuben
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Who was the American leader in the Northwest who captured Vincennes?
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Geortge Rogers Clark
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Who was the patriot guerrilla called the "Swamp Fox"?
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Francis Marion
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Who ws the resourceful American commander in the South known as the "Fighting Quaker" who kept the pressure on the British?
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Nathanael Greene
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Who ws the French aristocrat who helped to corner the British at Yorktown?
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Marquis de Lafayette
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the first engagement of the American Revolution was...
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Lexington and Concord
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an early American success that supplied artillery for the foces around Boston was...
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Fort Ticonderoga
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a costly British victory outside Boston was
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Bunker Hill
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a successful winter raid that lifted the morale of the young Continental army
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Trenton
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an unsuccessful attempt to stop the British from taking Philadelphia was
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Brandywine
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the capture of a British army, which encouraged France to join in the war was
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Saratoga campaign
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the Continental army's winter headquarters during the dark winter of 1777-78 was
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Valley Forge
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a draw that proved the new professionalism of the Continental army was
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Monmouth
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During the Boston Tea Party an angry mob attacked the crew of some British ships and stole everything in sight
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false
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The American War of Independence was a revolution fundamentally different from the French and Russian Revolution.
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True
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Englishmen almost universally supported the war against the American colonies.
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false
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At the time of the Olive Branch Petition, the Continental Congress had already decided to separate from Great Britain and establish independent states.
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False
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During the final phase of the war, England turned to the South because it was the center ofopposition against the crown.
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false
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The Treaty of Paris was signed three months after the British surrender at Yorktown.
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false
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