8th Grade U.S. History - Ch. 3 The American Revolution Flash Card Review

Question 1

The formal announcement that declared the colonies' break from Great Britain.

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Declaration of Independence

Question 2

Foreign soldiers who fight not out of loyalty, but for money.

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Mercenaries

Question 3

Important battle along the Delaware River where American soldiers took more than 900 prisoners.

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Battle of Trenton

Question 4

British soldiers wearing _____ uniforms were call the _____coats.

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Red

Question 5

A young French nobleman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army without pay.

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Marquis de Lafayette

Question 6

Members of the civilian volunteer militia.

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Minutemen

Question 7

A meeting of colonial delegates to discuss how to address problems with Great Britain.

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First Continental Congress

Question 8

Author of "Common Sense" who argued that citizens, not kings and queens, should make laws.

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Thomas Paine

Question 9

Early battle in Boston the proved the colonists could put up a good fight against the British.

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Battle of Bunker Hill

Question 10

Colonists who chose to fight for independence.

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Patriots

Question 11

Main author of the Declaration of Independence.

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 12

The commander of the Continental Army.

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George Washington

Question 13

Explorer who gathered soldiers from small towns in the western frontier.

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George Rogers Clark

Question 14

Pamphlet that argued against British rule using plainspoken (common) language.

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Common Sense

Question 15

Patriot who led soldiers called Marion's Brigade that fought using hit-and-run methods.

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Francis Marion

Question 16

The colonial military force that fought in the Revolutionary War.

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Continental Army

Question 17

Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain

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Loyalists

Question 18

1781 battle in Virginia after which the British declared defeat.

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Battle of Yorktown

Question 19

Governor of Spanish Louisiana who became a key ally to the Patriots.

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Bernardo de Galvez

Question 20

Patriot sailor who beat the British at sea who said "I have not yet begun to fight!"

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John Paul Jones

Question 21

1777 battle in New York that was a great victory for American forces.

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Battle of Saratoga

Question 22

Peace treaty where Great Britain viewed the U.S. as an independent nation and set U.S. borders.

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Paris 1783

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