Revolutionary War

People

100

    This person was the leader of the Continental Army. He later became the first president of the U.S.  

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George Washington

200

This person was known for spending most of her winters with George Washington, and helping soldiers at camps.

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Martha Washington 

300

this person wrote The Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

400

This person worked as a spy in The American Revolution and helped the Americans with a decisive battle

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James Armistead

500

This person was known for giving the men in the war water

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Molly Pitcher

By the order of the king

100

this act made colonists pay tax for all printed paper.

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Stamp act 

200

This act shut down the Boston's economy and unified the colonists against Britain ever more. 

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The coercive act

300

This act made colonists pay for the destroyed tea and shelter British soldiers

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The intolerable act

400

This act ment that the colonists were no longer taxed by the British government 

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The Townshend act

500

This act closed Boston Harbor until the tea destroyed during the Boston Tea Party was payed for

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Boston Port Act

Events

100

The evening of the ... 100 men dressed as mohawk American Indians

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Boston Tea Party

200

When the British forced Washington and his troops out of Philadelphia they retreated to valley forge out side of the city.

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A turning point in the war

300

The United States won the American Revolution against the mighty British army.

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The war comes to an end

400

colonists were furious over the Intolerable Acts

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First Continental Congress 

500

The event met in Philadelphia

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Second Continental Congress

vocabulary

100

this mens soldiers hired by a foreign country

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Mercenaries

200

This mens with draw

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Retreat

300

This mens charging vary high prices for goods

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profiteering

400

This mens a piece of land surrounded by water

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Peninsula

500

This means important

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significant

vocabulary

100

This mens the killing of many people

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Massacre

200

This  mens that something would by the British military

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Martial law

300

A ... was the opposed to be Britains actions and policies 

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Patriots

400

A ... are people loyal to great Britain 

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Loyalists

500

means to keep

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retained