Vocab
civilians sworn to be ready to fight at a minutes notice
minutemen
warned the British were coming to Lexington
Paul Revere
G Dubs crosses the Delaware river at night to surprise the British
Trenton and Princeton
Militia fight outside of Boston, makes British realize it will be hard to win the war
Bunker Hill
captured philly when he was supposed to be going to New York which made the British lose Albany
Howe
colonists who chose to support Britain
Loyalist
Commanded the Continental Army
G Dubs
considered the turning point of the war, Burgoyne surrenders
Saratoga
G Dubs is chased out of NY and through NJ into PA
Long Island
wrote common sense
Thomas Paine
paid soldier who serves in the army of another country
mercenary
surrendered in Yorktown
Cornwallis
marked the beginning of a new stragety for the british to fight in the south, bloodiest battle
Savannah
Continental congress member from VA, helped write the DOI
Thomas Jefferson
"I regret that i have but one life to lose for my country"....patriot spy caught by the british and hanged
Nathan Hale
military force made up of ordinary citizens
militia
French nobleman, G Dubs aide
Marquis de Lafayette
Yorktown
sent troops to lexingotn and concord to get stockpile of weapons
Gage
Continental congress member from PA, in charge of the Post Office
colonist who supported the cause of independence
patriot
philosopher whose ideas the DOI is base on
John Locke
Considered first battle of the war, Gage sends troops to destroy stockpiles of weapons and ammunition
Lexington and Concord
met up with G Dubs and Lafayette to force Cornwallis to surrender at Yorktown
Rochambeau
signed his name really big on the DOI so the king coulde see without his glasses