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- 2. Located in Virginia, a battle was fought with the British and the French and Americans where the Continental troops found their victory in October of 1781.
- 3. Was the Continental Army’s campsite during the cold winters of 1777 to 1778 that was located in Pennsylvania and a battle occurred here.
- 7. He was a French military leader that joined Washington’s staff and experienced the major loss in the battle of Valley Forge.
- 10. Was used for the masses of American troops that surrounded the British and caused Britain to change their whole war plan.
- 12. A colonist wrote a 50 page pamphlet called Common Sense, in which it was attacking King George III since he had begun fighting at Lexington and Concord.
- 16. They were people that opposed the independence of the colonies and stayed loyal to their king.
- 17. When Congress had run out of hard currency they began printing paper money or Continentals in an overload causing a rapid rise of prices which lead to this.
- 18. Made by Charles Townshend in order to have a new method of gaining revenue from colonies and included indirect taxes that was passed in 1947 by Parliament
- 19. The loyalties that had divided the colonists causing endless debates occurring here and John Adams suggested that each colony should set up their own government which would become independent.
- 20. Held the battle of Trenton that was fought between the Americans and Hessians in which the Americans had killed their enemies and successfully had a victory.
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- 1. A British General leading many wins of battles, led and won the largest battle located in Charles Town, South Carolina.
- 4. The American colonists were angry at the cheaper tea so they dumped 18,000 pounds of the East India Company tea into Boston Harbor
- 5. A founder of the Sons of Liberty and a political activist that was in deep debt and unsuccessful in business
- 6. He was angered by the destruction from the Boston Tea Party and pressed Parliament to act upon this
- 8. This was the belief for equality among all people and was this raised from American Revolution
- 9. They were people that supported the idea of having independence for the 13 colonies and America.
- 11. Was signed in September 1783 by the delegates to confirm the independence of the United States and set the boundaries for this nation
- 13. On July 8, 1775, the Congress sent King George III this and it was rejected by the king so he then sent out a proclamation stating that the colonies were being rebellious.
- 14. Required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every document and imposed special stamp duties on packages
- 15. When the British began blocking the coast causing Americans to smuggle arms from Europe, the government began looking into profiteering which was the process of making a profit from selling scarce goods.