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He was chosen by fellow delegates to head the continental army.
Who was George Washington?
This battle was a turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted American spirits, ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
This document approved by the Continental Congress announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Britain. The armed conflict during the American Revolution gradually convinced the colonists that separation from Britain was essential.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
This was the name for the the American colonists who did not want to separate from Britain.
Who were the Loyalists?
These colonists were American rebels.
Who were the Patriots?
He was a revolutionary leader who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense arguing for American independence from Britain.
Who was Thomas Paine?
This was the final battle of the war, in which French and American forces led by George Washington defeated British General Cornwallis
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
A pamphlet written in America by an Englishman published on January 10, 1776. It called for American independence and a union of the American colonies, and as propaganda, it influenced colonists to pursue both in the Revolutionary War.
What was Common Sense?
This is the term for hired soldiers that have no loyalty to any particular country.
Who were mercenaries?
This was the notion that democracy depended on unselfish commitment to the public good
What was civic virtue?
He was a United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
Who was John Jay?
The first battles of the Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts.
What were the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
This was a document of American colonial grievances addressed to King George III and signed by members of the Continental Congress in July 1775. It was delivered by Richard Penn to the King in London in August 1775. The King refused to see him or the document. It was an effort by the Americans to resolve differences with Britain and to avert the Revolutionary War.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
Rights which persons are born with; that is, without the intervention of agreement, or in the absence of political and legal institutions.
What are Natural Rights?
This was a Native American confederacy inhabiting New York State and originally composed of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca peoples, known as the Five Nations. After 1722 the confederacy was joined by the Tuscaroras to form the Six Nations.
What was the Iroquois Confederacy?
He was the American orator who urged colonists to take up arms against the British, proclaiming, "I know not what course others may take; but as for me... give me liberty or give me death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
This battle caused King George to proclaim the colonies in revolt and import Hessian troops to crush them
Peace treaty in which Britain recognized US independence, giving them from the Great Lakes to Florida over to the Mississippi River
What was The Treaty of Paris of 1783?
Rule by the members of a long-established ruling class distinguished by ability, property, and a privileged education which instills a high sense of honor, responsibility, and public duty.
What was Natural Aristocracy?
(1780) Coalition of neutral European powers to preserve trading rights during the Revolutionary War, authorizing the use of force if seized on the high seas.
What was the League of Armed Neutrality?
He made the motion that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states."
Who was Richard Henry Lee?
This was a twenty-day siege by British forces during the Saratoga campaign in August 1777 at the fort in the Mohawk Valley of New York. The siege ended with the arrival of forces under the command of Benedict Arnold.
What was the Siege of Fort Stanwix?
This was a template designed to guide American diplomats in their negotiations with France. It called for ONLY a commercial partnership.
What was the Model Treaty?
The other European nation besides France and Spain that supported the American Revolution by declaring war on Britain
What was Holland?
This is the term for authorized, privately owned piracy by a government during wartime to attack and capture enemy vessels
What is privateering?