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Commen Sense
B)Thomas Paine was the author. C)The purpose was to help the patriots. It was meant for people to support our troops.D) It made more people dislike the king and the idea of the king. It also helped the patriots get more supplies, more people became patriots. -
Declaration of Independence
D)The third part of the Declaration states all of the king's wrongs.
E)It stated that america is a country. A country named the United States of America. -
Declaration of Independence
A)The point of the Declaration of Independence is to show foreign countries why America separated from Great Britain.
B)The preamble is a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction.
C)The first section of the Declaration states that the independence is unavoidable. Then they said it is their right, it is their duty to throw off such a government.
D)The second part of the Declaration states that the people have the right to overthrow the government when it abuses their rights. -
Retreat From New York
D)It was very hard for them. A lot of them only had one pair of clothes. Some didnt even have shoe or socks. They had to wrap their feet in rags. -
Retreat From New York
A) Fighting shifted to the Middle Colonies. Which led to the Battle of Long Island. B) The British won the Battle of Long Island. George Washington had to retreat becaus the British had Washington and his army surrounded.
C) Nathan Hale was a spy for the Patriots. He collected battle plans and found british forts. He is famous for his quote he said before he got caught and exacuted. 'I only regret that i have but one life to give for my country.' -
Crossing the Delaware 1776
A) The americans were going to attack Trenton. They crossed the Delaware River.B)The Hessians were guarding Trenton, New Jersey.C)The americans won, catching many Hessians. But suffered great losses. -
The Battle of Saratoga
A) The Britishs' goal was to take New York away from the Amerians, B) The Britishs' plan was for Burgoyne to advance south from Canada and to plan to meet at Albany with his generals. St. Legger was to move east from fort Oswego, on lake onratio; and How was to march north from Virginia. C) Howe never got the message and moved towards Philadelphia and was stopped by Bnedict Arnold.D) America won which convinced the French to help America. -
Spain Joins the Fight 1779 - 1781
A) Southern lands
B) Florida
C) Financial support and Naval support
D) Spain became Americas second oficcial ally -
British Advance South
A) Savannah Georgia and Charlston South Carolina
B) Hit and run attacks
C) An American general. He was know for his famous gurrilla attacks
D) Farming -
Brighter Days
A) The American B) An American general who had a large part in bringing the British to their final surrender C) -
Final Battle Yorktown 1781
A) Yorktown B) Because he was outmatched and trapped. So he had to surrender C) The surrender of Cornwalis at Yorktown -
Treaty of Paris
A)They didn't know if america was going to let the British back in their own country
B) Ben Franklin and John Adams
C) It meant their a new and free nation
