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38 Cards in this Set
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Baron von Steuben |
Proved not all Germans were like the Hessians |
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Robert Morris |
Superintendent of finance in 1781 |
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Haym Solomon |
Ran brokerages in NYC and Philadelphia |
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Sir William Howe |
Fled Boston with his Troops |
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Admiral Lord Richard Howe |
Joined his brother's naval fleet |
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Nathan Hale |
Relayed info to Washington about Howe's troops |
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General Cornwallis |
Attacked Princeton |
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General John Burgoyne |
Led his army from Montreal |
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General Nicholas Herkimer |
Led troops at the Battle of Oriskany |
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General Horatio Gates |
Defeated Burgoyne |
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Sir Henry Clinton |
Replaced Howe as Commander |
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Molly Pitcher |
Aided American patriots |
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George Rogers Clark |
Seized British posts at Kaskaskia and Cahokia |
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Joseph Brant |
Mohawk chief that helped the British |
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John Paul Jones |
Scottish naval hero during the War for Independence |
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John Berry |
Irish naval hero for the War for Independence |
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"Mad Anthony" Wayne |
Brigadier general in Washington's army |
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Francis Marion |
"Swamp Fox" |
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General Thomas Sumter |
"Fighting Game Cock" |
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General Nathaniel Greene |
Replaced Gates as leader of Southern forces |
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Prohibitory Act |
Prohibited all trade with colonies |
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Hessians |
German troops from Hesse |
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"Common Sense" |
Spoke on origins of government |
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Declaration of Independence |
The most important human statement of political principles in the history of the world |
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Whigs |
Those who favored strong British monarchy |
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Loyalists |
Those who were loyal to the king |
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Battle of Oriskany |
Battle in the Mohawk Valley |
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Battle of Saratoga |
The turning point in America's War for Independence |
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Bonhomme Richard |
John Barry's ship |
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Battle of King's Mountain |
Stopped British invasion of NC |
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Battle of Yorktown |
Triumph for patriot cause |
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Treaty of Paris |
Ended the war and recognized former colonies as free, sovereign, independent states |
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Trenton and Princeton |
Points the British and Hessians held |
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Brandywine |
Where Washington attempted to stop Howe's army |
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Germantown |
Where Washington tried to stop Howe's power once again |
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Valley Forge |
Washington set up winter quarters there |
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Stony Point |
An American fort the British took |
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Yorktown |
Where Cornwallis fled to |
