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APUSH Chapter 8 - America Secedes from the Empire Flashcards

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1220579636George WashingtonGeneral of the colonial army during the Revolutionary War.1
1220579637William HoweNoteable General for the English and Washington's rival.2
1220579638Nathanial GreeneA Quaker general made known by his trategy of delay.3
1220579639Bendedict ArnoldA general of the Colonial Army turned traitor who agreed to sell out West Point to the English.4
1220579640John BurgoyneEnglish general who was charged with the invasion and capture of the Hudson River Valley.5
1220579641Charles CornwallisBritish general who surrendered and lost the war in Yorktown.6
1220579642Thomas PaineA radical Patriot who wroe Common Sense.7
1220579643Barry St. LegerA British general who invaded the Hudson River Valley by way of Lake Onterio.8
1220579644George Rogers ClarkA frontiersman who, along with others, attacked isolated British forts on the frontier.9
1220579645Richard Henry LeeMan who resolved that a formal decleration of independece was needed.10
1220579646Horatio GatesAn American general who defeated Burgoyne at Saratoga.11
1220579647John Paul JonesA young Scotsman who led part of the newly established American Navy.12
1220579648Thomas JeffersonVirginian lawyer and writer of the Decleration of Independence.13
1220579649Marquis de LafayetteA ninteen year old French general in the Colonial Army.14
1220579650Admiral de GrasseA french admiral who suggested that we attack Cornwallis at Yorktown.15
1220579651Patrick HenryPatroit who stood before the Virginian Assembly and said "give me liberty or give me death."16
1220579652Comte de RochambeauFrench general in Newport, Rhode Island who boosted colonial morale.17
1220579653John JayA delegate from New York sent to work on the Treaty of Paris: he didn't trust the French.18
1220579654mercenariesProfessional soldiers who serve in a foreign army for pay.19
1220579655natural rightsRights that every person should have and use.20
1220579656privateeringBoarding smugglers' ships in the name of one's country.21
1220579657Second Continental CongressSelected George Washington to be general of the army, drafted appeals to the king, and raised money for an army.22
1220579658Common SensePamphlet written by Thomas Paine that supported a rebublic over a monarchy.23
1220579659Decleration of IndependenceA document written by the 13 colonies that stated the Independence of America from England.24
1220579660Loyalist/ToriesThose who remained loyal to the King and England/ a conservative member of Parliament.25
1220579661Patroits/WhigsThose who didn't like what the King and England stood for/ a liberal member of Parliament.26
1220579662Treay of Paris (1783)Treaty where England broke ties from America and America became a country.27

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