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| met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, this time all 13 colonies were represented. Most important decision was electing George Washington to military officer. | ||
| colonists seized a hill known as Breeds Hill, from which the British attacked them in a frontal assault, until colonists ran out of gun powder and were forced to retreat. | ||
| professed American loyalty to the crown and begging the king to prevent further hostilities | ||
| Irish born general who pushed up the Lake Champlain route and capture Montreal. | ||
| his men ate dogs and shoe leather during a grueling march through Maine woods. Beaten at the assault on Quebec. | ||
| Rebellious battle in North Carolina in which the colonists won. | ||
| Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet in 1776, which became one of the most influencing ever, talking about why tiny Britain should control vast America. | ||
| wrote pamphlet common sense in 1776, he wanted independence and a republic. | ||
| man of Virginia who said that " these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent." passing the resolution was a formal declaration of independence by Americans. | ||
| Virginia lawyer who was given the task of drafting the declaration of independence. | ||
| formally approved by the Congress on July 4, 1776, invoked natural rights of mankind. It read that because the king had flouted these rights the colonists were justified in cutting their connection. | ||
| colonists who were loyal to the king during the war of independence. | ||
| loyalists who were called this after the dominant political factions in Britain.(head in England, body in America) | ||
| patriots were called this after political factions in Britain. | ||
| Washington's men who were outgeneraled and outmaneuvered, and panic seized the raw recruits. Washington escaped to Manhattan during battle. | ||
| Washington stealthily crossed the ice clogged Delaware river where he captured a thousand Hessians. | ||
| after the battle of Trenton he defeated a smaller regiment of the British. | ||
| Washington's adversary who went up the Hudson River to meet Burgoyne. Orders were to destroy Washington's army. | ||
| Gentleman Johnny who lead troops down the lake Champlain route from Canada. | ||
| Washington's men who were frostbitten and hungry were whipped into shape by him and made into his army. | ||
| battle where Burgoyne was forced to surrender his command to American general Horatio Gates. more important it made possible the urgently needed foreign aid from France, which in turn helped ensue American independence | ||
| Burgoyne was forced to surrender his command to this American general on October 17,1777 at the battle of Saratoga. | ||
| Quaker reared tactician, who exhausted Cornwallis and cleared most British troops out of South Carolina and Georgia. | ||
| a general who was exhausted by his foe General Nathanael Greene | ||
| audacious frontiersman, conceived idea of seizing forts by surprise. He floated down the Ohio River and captured Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes. | ||
| french general who was opperating a powerful fleet and advised Americans that he was free to join with them in an assault on Cornwallis on Yorktown. | ||
| one of three envoys who ahd explicit instructions from Congress to make no separate peace and to consult with their French allies at all stages of the negotiations | ||
| The British recognized the independence of the united states. |
