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| Polish officer; built West Point and Saratoga |
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| Baron Friedich van Steuben |
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| Prussian officer; expert in fighting tactics |
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| took several British forts on the American frontier |
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| only one of the 3 riders that made it to concord |
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| wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| Polish officer; expert calvaryman |
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| commander of all colonial forces |
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| the "Swamp Fox", guerilla fighter |
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| leader of the Sons of Liberty |
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| British General at Lexington & Cocord |
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| American sea captain; defeated the Serapis |
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| British general; lost at Saratoga |
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| most famous of the 3 riders that left Boston to warn at Concord |
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| ex-slave killed at Boston Massacre |
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| helped get military aid from France |
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| commander of West Point; traitor |
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| French soldier; expert military strategist |
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| pulled 59 cannons from Ft. T to Boston |
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| British general; "surrendered" at Yorktown |
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| Washington attacked 1000 Hessians here on Christmas night. |
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| Mass. town that held Britiah munitions |
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| "turing Point" battle of the revolution |
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| _ _ _ ; Sons of Liberty threw tea off of ship |
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| Protestors headed by Sam Adams; opposed British taxes |
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| Washington stayed the wintwer of 1778 here |
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| name of first real Battle of the Revolution |
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| most important tax in the Townshend Acts |
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| sight of last battle of the revolution |
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| first real battle of the revolution actually took place here |
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| these men could be ready to fight at a moments notice |
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| where the first shots of the war were fired |
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| British General; commander of Battle of Quebec |
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| made speeches fro independence from England; signed Declaration of Independence and member of the Committee of Five |
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| British commander at Battle of Manoganela,attacked French |
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| French commander st Battle of Quebec, forced to surrender |
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| British prime minister, persuaded parliment to raise taxes and borrow money to pay for the war |
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| The "He" in the Declaration of Independence, wanted control over the 13 colonies |
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| Amercian Gen. at Battle of Saratoga |
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| Va delegate, proposed colonies to be free and independent states from Great Britain |
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| American Gen. at Battle of Quebec and captured Montreal |
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| Admiral Francois de Grasse |
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| French commander, defeated British at Yorktown |
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| strengthen ties w/ the Iroquois Confederacy |
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| Colonies only use colonial or British made ships. Products only export to England. |
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| exporting more than you import |
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| British forbade colonists to settle west of line, relieve conflict w/ Indians |
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| British East India Company |
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| controlled all tea trading between India and the British colonies |
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| British soldiers opened fire on colonists |
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| Sons of Liberty threw tea off a ship |
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| Paper items to carry a tax stamp, colonists protested |
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| Excise tax(tax on specific item), no protests or smuggling |
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| Required colonists to house and feed British troops |
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| Tax on household items(tea,lead,glass,paint), boycotts and smuggling |
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| Series of laws and acts passes by the British parliment on the 13 colonies |
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| convetion of delagates from the colonies |
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| response to intolerable acts,met in Philly to discuss actions against British and set up boycotts |
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| Washington is appointed commander of the Continental Army, Richard Henry Lee proposes Independence, Declaration of independence was written. try to make peace asked for free trade and equal taxes |
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| Argumnet for Independence, written by Thomas Paine |
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| private warship authorized by country's government to attack foreign shipping |
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| France- east of Mississippi R./ England-Canada/ Spain- west of Mississippi R. |
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| Poorly located, quickly surrounded by French troops, Washington forced to surrender |
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| border line for Spanish and US territory |
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| colonial military base; almost given to the british by Arnold |
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