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| Member of First Continental Congress that sought British reconciliation rather than revolution |
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| Delegate of First Continental Congress that wrote Declaration of Independance along with his committee |
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| Wrote pamphlet called Common Sense advocating colonial independance from Britain. Also advocated republican government based on consent of commoners |
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| Woman patriot that advocated colonial independance from Britain and wrote letters to John Adams (husband) while he met with the Continental Congress. |
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| Civilians that follow troops and sell goods/services that the military does not provide. |
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| American Revolutionary hero that later became a traitor and turned against America into a British spy |
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| German soldiers that fought for the British army during the American Revolution |
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| Colonial nickname for British troops because they mainly wore red uniform |
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| American colonists that remained loyal to British monarchy |
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| American colonists that rebelled against British monarchy during American Revolution |
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| Battles of Lexington and Concord |
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| First violant military contact between British and American troops in Revolutionary war. April 19, 1775 |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| Meeting between colonial delegates to dicsuss American colonial Independance and created the Declaration Of Independance |
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| Militia consisting of rebels/troops from the American Colonies to fight British militia |
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| British generals try to seize Boston rebels. Win battle, but lose more casualties. June 17, 1775 |
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| Petition created by Continental Congress that affirmed loyalty to British monarchy, but asked King for no further conflict. Petition was rejected and colonists officially became rebels. |
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| Pamphlet that provided colonists with stong arguments to declare independance from Great Britain |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Document written by Continental Congress that declared American colonies to be independant states and announced war against Britain |
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| Batle won by America that convinced French to enter the was as allies to American militia. |
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| Washington's sneak attack on Hessian (German) soldiers that were allied with Britain |
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| Continental Army camp set in Pennsylvania that was home of the devastating winter in which equipment and food ran low, but disease and desertion ran high. Many casualties lost although no battles took place |
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| French navy seized control of Virginia coast disallowing British reinforcements causing American Colonists to become victorious in the American Revolution |
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| Used backcountry of the south to break away from traditional routine of battles and hide in landscape to later sneak up on and attack British troops. This soon became known as guerilla warfare. |
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| Final battle of American Revolution in which American troops surrounded general Cornwallis of the British militia and forced him to surrender! |
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| Official peace treaty between America, France, and Britain that announced America's independance from British monarchy, drew boundary line at Mississippi River, and guaranteed creditors could collect war debts in sterling money. |
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