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Commander of the Continental Army.
What was the role of George Washington in the American Revolution?
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War, recognized the independence of the American colonies, and granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River.
What was the treaty of Paris?
Due to lack of food and supplies Washington settled all his troops at valley forge. The soldiers had very little clothing to withstand the snow and the freezing temperatures. About 2000 soldiers died due malnutrition and illness.
What was the winter at valley forge?
The last major battle of the American revolution.
What was the battle of Yorktown?
The sons of of liberty dumped 342 cases of tea in the Boston harbor.
what was the Boston tea party?
American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)
Who was Paul revere
to refuse to buy items from a particular country.
What is boycott?
The colonists forced the British to retreat two times but on the third time they ran out of ammunition and had to surrender.
What was the battle of bunker hill?
A 1775 conflict between colonial minutemen & British soldiers attempting to take the colonists' large store of arms; began the Revolutionary War.
What was the battle of Lexington and concord
5 colonists were killed by British soldiers because they threw snowballs and insulted them.
What was the Boston massacre?
Radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to higher taxes during the American Revolution
Who were the sons of libert?
A person who supported the British during the American Revolution
What was a loyalist
General Richard montgomery led his troops through main into Quebec but quickly got pounded and was forced to retreat.
What was the battle of quebec?
The battle which was the turning point of the Revolution because after the colonists won this major victory, the French decided to support us with money, troops, ships, etc.
What was the battle of Saratoga
A tax that the British Pariliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies.
What was the stamp act?
He was known for influencing France to help the colonists in the American Revolution.
Who was marquis de Lafayette?
A person who supported the colonists during the American Revolution, a colonist who wanted to break free from Britain's rule.
What was a patriot
General Washington moved his troops to New York waiting for the British and when they arrived they kept forcing the patriots to retreat and eventually surrender.
What was the battle of New York?
Washington and his troops snuck up on the hessians which were asleep due to partying the night before and forced them to surrende.
What was the battle of Trenton?
A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains. Limited westward movements of the colonists.
What was the proclamation of 1763?
Famous speech, "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
material distributed by those in favor of a specific cause and reflecting their point of view, Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
What was propaganda
The patriots wanted to capture Canada and make it the 14 colony but where quickly defeated even though they joined their troops together.
What was the battle for Canada?
The patriots stationed their cannons very well after retrieving them from fort Ticonderoga and forced general William Howe to retreat.
What was the battle of dorchester heights?
An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts gold and silver by selling more good than they had bought.
what was mercantilism?