The American Revolution

Question 1

British victory;Patriots fought fiercely; Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes.

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Bunker Hill

Question 2

British promised protection to this group if they fought for the British

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Native Americans

Question 3

carried water to fighting troops; took her husband's place in battle

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Molly Ludwig Hayes-Molly Pitcher

Question 4

Official end to the Revolution; recognized colonies as independent from Britain

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Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 5

fought at Saratoga and Bunker Hill; former slave; hero of the Revolution

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Peter Salem

Question 6

wrote Common Sense

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Thomas Paine

Question 7

The Declaration of Independence was signed on

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July 4, 1776

Question 8

The Declaration of Independence was written mostly by

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 9

wrote letters to her husband encouraging him and the troops; urged him to "remember the ladies"

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Abigail Adams

Question 10

Last major battle of the Revonlution

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Yorktown

Question 11

Did not sign the Treaty of Paris 1787

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 12

Primarily responsible for bringing the French into the war on the side of the Patriots

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Benjamin Franklin

Question 13

"Give me liberty or give me death!"

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Patrick Henry

Question 14

Friends in time of war

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allies

Question 15

Which group voted and chose Washington as the leader of the Continental Army?

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The Second Continental Congress

Question 16

This country provided supplies, food and soldiers; joined after Saratoga

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France

Question 17

The system designed to send information quickly through the colonies

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The Committee of Correspondence

Question 18

young French soldier who became a close friend to Washington

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Marquis de Lafayette

Question 19

First battle of the Revolution

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Lexington and Concord

Question 20

allies during the Revolution

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Netherlands, French, and Spanish

Questions 20