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| -Those who remain loyal to Great Britain |
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| -Colonists who chose to fight for independence |
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-Showed the colonists that they could hold their own aganist the Britsh.
-British suffered more than 1,000 casualties |
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| Lord Dunmore's Proclamation |
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-promised freedom to any slave who fought for the British
-created by Lord Dumore, Virgina's goveror |
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| -Set out to protect the right of women |
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| Declaration of independence |
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| -documents that all men possess unalienable rights. |
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| Lord Dunmore's Proclamation |
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-promised freedom to any slave who fought for the British
-created by Lord Dumore, Virgina's goveror |
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| -Basic rights:life, liberty,and the pursuit of happiness. |
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| -Author of the declaration of independence. |
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-Dec. 26th lasted less than an hour
-Patriot forces captured more than 900 Hessians only 5 American casualties |
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-surprise attack Jan. 2nd
-Patriots attacked the redcoats and won |
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-British decided to strike back aganist the Patriots
-he led British troops to take back Fort Ticonderoga |
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| -Wrote the common sense pamphlet |
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| -Thomas paine's pamphlet arguing for the colonies to break away from great britain. |
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| First Continental congress |
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| -Had 56 colonial delgates in philadelphia. |
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-Key American Leader in the west
-Goal was to build on army white weakening the british
-Took over the town of Vincennes during the Batttle of Vincennes |
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-Joseph Brant
-one of great britain's key allies
-persuadedthe iroquois to support the british |
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| -One of the most successful american captains. |
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| -Local militia members who were ready to fight on a minute's notice. |
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-Battle aganist British vs clark's Army
-Clark took over city |
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| -Governor of spanish Louisiana, key ally to the patrits |
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| -British general who decided to take away the minutemens weapons & ammunition |
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| -Brought water to the thristy troops |
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| -British General whose Army drove the continental Army off long island |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| -12 colonial delegates met in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting |
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-on the patriots side.
-was a wealthy,young ffrench man
-gave $200,000 to support the revolution |
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| -Army that defended the colonies led by George Washington |
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| -Led the continental army |
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| -a prussian Army afficer who led with a combination vof respwct and fear -he taught basic millitary skills |
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| -Led the continental army |
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-Request for peace by the Second Continental Congress
-Rejected by Brittian's King George III |
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-Patriots wore down British defenses
-Charles Cornwallis surrendered to the patriots |
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| -Soilders surrounded by a city or fort. |
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| Battle of Brandywine creek |
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-Washington troops battled against howe's troops
-howe's trooops won white th patriots suffered wire as many casualties |
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| -French general who worked with washington. |
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| -Peace agreement that ended the revolutionary war and established british recongnization of the united states |
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-Led patriots
British troops crushed his army. |
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| -Best at guerilla warfare techniques |
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-Burgoyne's Army was out numbered by patriot troops
-his troops suffered major defeat and surrendered
-Patriots captured the entire Army |
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| swift hit and run attacks |
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