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  • What is a mercenary?
    Professional soldier hired for pay by another nation to fight
  • Who was field commander under Washington at Yorktown?
    Alexander Hamilton
  • What statement best describes French relations with American Indian tribes compared to the British?
    The French treated the Natives with respect and were peaceful
  • Very high casualties for the British, which made the Americans more confident in their ability to win the war.
    Battle of Bunker Hill
  • In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson writes: “That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it…” What is he saying?
    Colonies have the right to govern themselves
  • What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?
    Treaty of Paris
  • A former French and Indian War commander, this Virginia planter and politician was appointed commander in chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
    George Washington
  • A major difference between the activities of the French colonists and the English colonists in North America is that the French -
    had a well-established fur trading industry.
  • Patriot who engaged in tasks and rode to warn the minutemen
    Paul Revere
  • Charles Cornwallis
    Loyalist
  • Molly Pitcher
    Patriot
  • King George III
    Loyalist
  • Who betrayed his men to ally himself with the British?
    Benedict Arnold
  • Who surrendered his forces at Yorktown, ending the war?
    Lord Charles Cornwallis
  • Minutemen met the British and engaged in the first battle of the Revolution.
    Battle of Lexington and Concord
  • The colonists were able to beat the trained British soldiers by using _________________;
    guerrilla warfare
  • What were Hessians?
    Mercenary Soldiers
  • What was Great Britain’s response to the Boston Tea Party that included the closing of Boston Harbor?
    Intolerable Acts
  • Benedict Arnold
    Loyalist
  • Which indigenous group/s was allied with the French during the French and Indian War?
    Huron, Ottowa, Algonquin
  • The French and Indian War was fought between the British and France. The war started as a dispute over -
    Land
  • Where were the first shots fired in the Revolutionary War?
    Lexington and Concord
  • What was the MAIN reason the colonists were angry about these new taxes?
    Colonists had no representation in the British government
  • What was the cause of the French and Indian War?
    Population growth in colonies, tensions between France and Britian already at war, and French forts being built in Ohio River Valley
  • What was "the shot heard round the world?"
    First battle at Lexington and Concord
  • Which law passed by Parliament led to a famous event where colonists dressed up as Native Americans and committed acts of vandalism and destruction?
    Tea Act
  • Siege battle with Cornwallis assisted by the French navy
    Battle of Yorktown
  • Who was General in command of the Continental Army?
    George Washington
  • Alexander Hamilton
    Patriot
  • Benjamin Franklin
    Patriot
  • What was the name of the radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to higher British taxes?
    Sons of Liberty
  • What was the winter encampment in Pennsylvania called when the Colonial Troops suffered in crime misery?
    Valley Forge
  • Washington's nighttime crossing of the Delaware River surprised the British and their Hessian mercenaries and the Americans won an inspiration victory.
    Battle of Trenton
  • Which group helped the colonists during the American Revolution by training them and increasing naval power?
    French
  • What was it called when mobs of colonists faced off against British soldiers in Boston that led to bloodshed?
    Boston Massacre
  • In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson writes that everyone has unalienable rights. What does that mean?
    People have certain rights that cannot be taken away by anyone
  • Which indigenous group/s was allied with the British during the French and Indian War?
    Iroquis
  • Marquis de Lafayette
    Patriot
  • Describe Valley Forge
    Winter encampment Continental Army 1777, GW led, brutal conditions, starving, disease, death, hardened and prepared the men
  • Who was a diplomat who gained France's support for the Americans?
    Benjamin Franklin
  • George Washington
    Patriot
  • Paul Revere
    Patriot
  • Why was the Battle of Saratoga so important to the Patriot war effort?
    French join the colonial side