3/24/22

Question 1

the shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.

Answer 1

Blockade

Question 2

paid killers

Answer 2

Mercenary

Question 3

a person who betrays their country

Answer 3

Traitor

Question 4

introduction part of the Declaration, Constitution, or other Official Documents.

Answer 4

Preamble

Question 5

rights that belong to all people from birth

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Natural rights

Question 6

rights that can not be taken away by the government.

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Unalienable rights

Question 7

he introduced a resolution that said, “The United States are, and of right ought to be free and independent states.”

Answer 7

Richard Henry Lee

Question 8

a lawyer from Massachusetts who worked on the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 8

John Adams

Question 9

an inventor and journalist from Pennsylvania who worked on the Declaration of Independence went to France to form an alliance with them.

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Ben Franklin

Question 10

a tobacco planter from Virginia who worked on the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 11

a wealthy land owner from New York who worked on the Declaration of Independence.

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Robert Livingston

Question 12

a shoemaker from Connecticut who worked on the Declaration of Independence

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Roger Sherman

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the 1st signer of the Declaration of Independence (he wrote is large so everyone could see it) who was the president of the 2nd Continental Congress

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John Hancock

Question 14

a teacher from Connecticut who was hung because he was a spy. His last words were, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

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Nathan Hale

Question 15

known as “Washington crosses the Delaware” the Americans surprise attack the Hessians (Christmas)

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Trenton

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a battle that was the turning point in the war because we got help from France on

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Saratoga

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troops on horseback

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Cavalry

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hit and run tactics used by Marion and other people from the South

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Guerilla

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when an army surrounds and blockades an enemy position in an attempt to capture it

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Siege

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approved or accepted

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Ratify

Question 21

the leader of the British in Vincennes.

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George Rogers Clark

Question 22

commander of the “Bonhomme Richard” called the “Father of the American Navy” “Serapis”

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John Paul Jones

Question 23

independently owned merchant ships that became warships and were equipped with weapons by Americans.

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Privateer

Question 24

the General of the British in the battle of Yorktown, Virginia October 19, 1778 who surrendered and ended the Revolutionary War.

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Cornwallis

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the General who replaced General Gates as commander of the military in the South. He had a plan to divide the Army into two parts.

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Nathanael Greene

Question 26

“Swamp Fox” who used Guerilla Warfare or hit and run tactics controlled southern troops

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Francis Marion

Question 27

Feburary 1776 the Patriots defeat the Loyalists near Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge

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led the French troops at Newport, Rhode Island in July of 1780

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Gen. Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau

Question 29

a tavern in NYC on Wallstreet where Washington bid farewell to his troops.

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Fraunces Tavern

Question 30

this treaty was ratified April 15, 1783 was between the U.S. and Great Britian where land is transferred to U.S. and other countries control and the U.S. become independent.

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Treaty of Paris

Question 31

Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” and “The Crisis”

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Thomas Paine

Question 32

a British general who had the idea to cut the New England colonies off from the rest and take Albany from 3 directions.

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Gen. Burgoyne

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they spend a long cold winter there and many Americans died from illnesses and others lost hope and ran away.

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Valley Forge

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a man from Germany who trained American troops and taught them how to use a bayonet.

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Von Steuben

Question 35

men from Poland who helped the Americans build forts

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Pulaski and Kosciusko

Question 36

a French man sent to train the American troops.

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Lafayette