ACCESS American History Lesson 5 American Revolution

Question 1

a signed peace agreement between countries

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treaty

Question 2

a point of land that sticks out into the sea

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peninsula

Question 3

colonists who wanted independence from Britain

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Patriots

Question 4

beat; win against the enemy

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defeat

Question 5

Treaty of Paris

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peace agreement that ended the war

Question 6

How was the Continental Army different from the British Army?

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It did not have many guns or uniforms.

Question 7

an agreement between countries to help each other fight a common enemy

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alliance

Question 8

British General

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George Washington

Question 9

19-year-old French military officer who helped lead American troops

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Marquis de Lafayette

Question 10

a large fight between armed forces

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battle

Question 11

Continental Army General

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George Washington

Question 12

declared that an enemy had won and that fighting could stop

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surrendered

Question 13

The name of the American army

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Continental Army

Question 14

Lexington and Concord

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first battles of the American Revolution

Question 15

colonists who stayed loyal to Britain

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Loyalists

Question 16

Why did the British move the war south in 1778?

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More loyalists lived in the south

Question 17

had fewer people

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outnumbered

Question 18

groups of people organized to fight

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forces

Questions 18