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Rev War

Terms

undefined, object
copy deck
propaganda
information designed to influence people's thinking or behavior
John Adams
wanted freedom, MA
writs of assistance
legal paper that fave officers the right to search any building for any reason
rendezvous
meeting
Battle of Saratoga
gain alliances
Thomas Paine
"common sense"
Marquis de Lafayette
French nobleman, volunteered in the summer of 1777, 1 of the most popular leaders
Patrick Henry
"...give me liberty or give me death", "I am an american not a virginian" VA
Boston
Boston Tea Party
Declaration of Independence
justifies Independence & wrong-doing of the King
guerilla fighting
surprise hit and run attacks on the enemy
mintue men
colonial militia's nickname because they had to be ready within a mintue's notice
sam adams
leader of SoL, organized Commitee of Correspondence in 1772, MA
Thomas Jefferson
VA, wrote DoI
John Dickinson
PA
Baron von Steuben
volunteer, general in Prussia,offered help to Patriots after Washington won the battles at Trenton & Princeton, arrived at Valley Forge in the spring of 1778
revenue
income
john hancock
MA, prez of 2nd continental congress
alliance
aggrement to act together in a cause
Treaty of PAris 1783
foramlly ended the AMerican Revolutionary War
George Washington
VA, Commander/General
MArtha WAshington
most famous of all women for joining her husband in army camps, cooking, cleaning, nursing, washing, sewing/mending
George III
king of england
SOns of Liberty
secret society made mostly of lawyers, artisans, & merchants
artillery
cannons and large guns
Patriots
AMericans that sided with the Minutemen
enlist
sign up
Benjamin Franklin
PA
Common Sense
by THomas Paine, bold call for Independence, called George III "Royal Brute"
Philadelphia
Congress
militia
an army of ordinary citizens rather than professinal soldiers
General Cornwallis
General of Britain, surrendered army of 8000 on 10/19/1781
Mary Hays
"Molly Pitcher" ->serving tired men water from a wellm joined her husband in the battlefield
Valley Forge
help arrives
James WIlson
PA
bayonets
two-foot long steal knives
Loyalists
Americans that feared revolution & supported the british
Edward Rutledge
SC

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