Chapter Four Flashcards

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Actually fought on breeds hill. Col. William Prescott : “don’t fight till you see the whites of their eyes”

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Battle of bunker hill

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Wrote Declaration of Independence, died July 4th 1826

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Thomas jeffeson

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3
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4 sections: 1 preamble, 2 basic rights, 3 british abuses, 4 declaring independence

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Declaration of Independence

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4
Q

Dec 26 1776 Washington cross Delaware river and surprise attack the hessians
You don’t fit in winter, US Wins

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Battle of trenton

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5
Q

Final attack lead by Benedict Arnold , turning point of war

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Victory at saratoga

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6
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Battle of yorktown

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Cornwallis and 8,000 British surrender

Last major battle of war

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7
Q

Sept 3, 1783 ends the war
Longest american war :8 yrs (besides Vietnam)
America is independent!!

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Treaty of Paris

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8
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Battle of Lexington, shot heard around the world: no one knows

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April 19,1775

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