Revolutionary War Flashcards by Sharon Boyd

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Patriotic Group Established in 1865

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Sons of Liberty

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Street Clash on March 5, 1770

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Boston Massacre

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Lawyer who defended British Soldiers of Boston Massacre

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John Adams

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December 17, 1773 Raid

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Boston Tea Party

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Patriot who captured fort Ticonderoga

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Ethan Allen

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Organization of Patriots Founded by Ethan Allen

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Green Mountain Boys

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Battle of Monmouth Heroine

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Molly Pitcher

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Revolution Common Sense Author

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Thomas Paine

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The Scribe of the Revolution

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Thomas Jefferson

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Prussian Adviser to George Washington

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Baron Von Steuben

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Polish General who helped colonists

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Count Pulaski

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Pole who aided in battle of saratoga

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Thaddeus Kosciusko

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French Aid to George Washington

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Marquis de Lafayette

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Colonel Officer, Father of Robert E. Lee

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(Light Horse) Harry Lee

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Federalist Papers (85 Essays) AUthor

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Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, John Jay

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Patriot Spy Caught and Hanged

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Nathan Hale

I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country

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Colonial Ambassador to France

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Benjamin Franklin

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Colonists who favored the British

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Tories

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General who Defected to The British

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Benedict Arnold

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Major who defected to the British

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Major John Andre

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Virginia Lawyer and War Advocate

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Patrick Henry (Give me Liberty or Give me Death!)

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Sea Captain who Took the War to Britain

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John Paul Jones

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South Carolina “Swamp Fox”

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Francis Marion

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British-German Mercenaries

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Hessians

George Washington's Command

Continental Army

First Battle of the War

Battle of Lexington

Second Battle of the War

Battle of Concord

Battle Near Boston, 1775

Battle of Bunker Hill (Fought on Breed's Hill)

Battle Leading to the Fall of Philadelphia

Brandywine

General who Captured Montreal in 1777

Richard Montgomery

"Mad" Colonial General

Anthony Wayne

Colonial Victory that Brought French into the War

Saratoga (won by Benedict Arnold in part)

British General who Surrendered at Saratoga, 1777

John Burgoyne

General Who Defeated Burgoyne

Horatio Gates

Battle that Decided the War

Battle of Yorktown, VA

General Who Surrendered to Washington at Yorktown

Charles Cornwallis

Treated Ending the War

Treaty of Paris