Vocabulary
People who demand unfair prices for goods
Profiteers
Help of Mercenaries
British Strength
Fighting first broke out when British soldiers did this...
Marched to Concord to destroy weapons
Document listing wrongdoings of King George III
Declaration of Independence
Shortage of food, clothing, weapons
American Weakness
Washington set a trap in for the British at Yorktown. This event ended with what...
Surrender of the British
Colonists who did not want independence
Loyalist
Navy that ruled the sea
British Strength
With war seemingly certain the Second Continental Congress made what decision
TO elect Washington to command the Continental Army
Patriot pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
Common Sense
Had to break opponents will to fight
British Weakness
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point pf the war because it led to what treaty...
Treaty of alliance with France
Request that King George III refused to read
Olive Branch Petition
Daring sea captains
American Strength
George Rogers Clark and Bernardo de Galves helped break Britain's hold on what...
The region between the Mississippi River and the 13 states