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Common Sense
B. Thomas Paine was the writer of 'Commoa Sense'.
C. Challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy.
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Declaration of Independence
A. Declaring the 13 American Colonies independent from Great Britain.
B. The preamble is "brief, free of verbiage, a model of clear, concise, simple statement".
C. A statement about natural rights can be found in the 1st section of the Declaration of Indepandence.
D. The 2nd section of the Declaration identifies primary arguments of the document.
E. The 3rd section to the Declaration states all the wrongs the people thought the king of England did to them.
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Retreat From New York
A. fighting shifted from New England to the Middle States.
B. The colonists retreated and eventually abandoned New York City, and General George Washington brought the Continental Army to defend the port city of New York, then limited to the southern end of Manhattan Island.
C. a CT officer, volunteered to spy and capture British battle plans
D.were driven out of New York entirely after several more defeats and forced to retreat through New Jersey and into Pennsylvania. -
Crossing of Delaware
A. crossing of the Delaware River in the dead of the night on Christmas and his subsequent victories in New Jersey.
B. Hessian forces in Trenton, other known as the enemy.
C. They defeated British reinforcements under Lord Cornwallis at Trenton on January 2, 1777, and The unincorporated communities of Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania and Washington Crossing, New Jersey are named in honor of this event. -
The Battle of Saratoga
A. To win against the Americans, while fighting with the Germans.
B.The divide-and-conquer strategy that Burgoyne presented to British ministers in London was to invade America from Canada by advancing down the Hudson Valley to Albany,then he would be joined by other British troops under the command of Sir William Howe.
C. Brittons march out and surrender their arms to an army which but a little before they despised and called paltroons.
D. The British and Germans lost by surrender. -
Help From Overseas
A. France was eager to weaken Britain, even before Saratoga, the French had secretly supplied money and arms to the Americans. But the French did not want to take an open stand until it seemed the Americans might win.
B. France officially formed an alliance with the United States.
C./D. Baron Friedrich von Steuben was a Prussian-German army officer who served as inspector general of the Continental Army during the revolution. -
Valley Forge Winter
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