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1. Who helped the Patriot cause on the Southwestern front?
The governor of
Spanish Louisiana
Berna do de Galvez
2. How did Britain persuade African Americans to join their side?
Slaves were offered
Their freedom.
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3. What was the last battle of the Revolutionary war?
Yorktown
4.Whatarethethreemainpartsofthe
DeclarationofIndependence?
1Naturalrights
2 BritishWrongs
3Independence
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5. What strategy did British Commander in Chief Clinton want to use to make the South focus on the war?
Loyalists
He used backcountry
southerners to help
his troops.
6. What helped the Continental Army gain control of Boston in 1776?
The use of captured
artillery (cannons) from
Fort Ticonderoga!
Ethan Allen
GMB.
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7. How did the 2nd Continental Congress respond to the battle at Lexington and Concord?
Sent the Olive
Branch Petiton
to King George III
created continental
Army
8. What action finalized the colonies independence from the British?
The Continental
Congress voted.
The Declaration
of Independence
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9. What mistake did British General Cornwallis make that led to British defeat?
Cornwallis
He retreated to
the Yorktown Peninsula
10. What convinced Richard Henry Lee that separation from Great Britain was needed?
Common Sense
written by Thomas Paine
The pen is mightier than
the sword.
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11. Why did British General William Howe abandon Boston in March 1776?
American cannons
surrounded Boston Harbor
12. What trapped the British army at Yorktown?
French
Navy
Admiral
de Grasse
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13. What battles took place in New York?
Long Island
Saratoga /turning Point
­allies
14. What was the mood of Continental Congress in May 1775?
Not many delagates
wanted to break from
Britain
OBP
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15. What step did the colonists' take to show their final decision regarding their relationship with Britain?
The Continental Congress
vote to approve the
Declaration of Independence.
16. What lead the Continental army to victory?
Military tactics based
on knowing local geography
Home field advantage
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17. List the advantages of the Patriots and the British during the war. Patroits
HFA.
Home Field Adv.
Washington
good Shots
French/Spanish
Brits
well trained
Navy
Loyalist support
18. Who is Albigence Waldo and what did he write in his diary?
A soldier at Valley
Forge. He wrote about
his time at Valley
Forge.
page 185
Women!
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radical­a person who
wants to change society
Patriot­people who favored
War with Brittan
ally­ friend in war
Loyalist people who favored
peace
mercenary­professional
Soldier. (Hessians)
Bunker Hill­ 1st major
battle of Rev. War
Saratoga­turning point
Cowpens­ Daniel Morgan
used unconventional tactics
to win
Yorktown­final battle of rev.
Trenton­the battle
began when Washington
crossed the Delaware
River.
What are some reasons colonist thought they should continue their attachment to Great Britain?
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