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2. Great Britain recognizes the United States of America as an independent nation

3. What is the Treaty of Paris ?

4. Colonial militias clashing with British soldiers at Concord and Lexington cause American leaders to meet and make decisions

5. What is the Second Continental Congress ?

6. Determined to win the war against the Americans, King George hires German soldiers to fight for Britain

7. What is a mercenary ?

8. This was necessary for America to defend itself against the British army

9. What is the Continental Army?

10. Britain attempts to take control of Lake Champlain and the Hudson River

11. What is the Battle of Saratoga ?

12. The document explains the Americans reasons for breaking with Britain

13. What is the Declaration of Independence ?

14. This was a group of Patriot soldiers from Vermont, led by Ethan Allen

15. Who were the Green Mountain Boys?

16. Congress offers a peaceful solution to the problem with Britain

17. What is the Olive Branch Petition?

18. Benedict Arnold fights for the British in exchange for money

19. What is a traitor?

20. Easy for most people to understand and argued that it was time to part

21. What is Common Sense?

22. Put cannon on the hills of Boston and forced the British out

23. Who is George Washington?

24. Victory gave Americans renewed hope

25. What is Victory at Trenton?

26. France became an ally and joined the colonist in the war against Britain

27. What is Battle of Saratoga?

28. Led the struggle to end slavery during the war

29. Who is Prince Hall?

30. A German officer that trained the soldiers and turned them into a professional army

31. Who is Von Steuben ?

32. Two European groups that fought against the British with the Americans

33. Who are the French and Spanish?

34. Determined to win and waded through icy water To capture Fort Vincennes

35. Who is George Rogers Clark?

36. Determined to win at sea and yelled “I have not yet begun to fight”

37. Who is John Paul Jones?

38. Helped Washington to defeat the British at Yorktown

39. What is the French navy?

40. Put on men’s clothing and entered the Continental Army as Robert Shurtleff

41. Who is Deborah Sampson?

42. American that told his British captors “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country”

43. Who is Nathan Hale?

44. Wrote the Declaration of Independence

45. Who is Thomas Jefferson?

46. Insisted that it was time for American colonies to declare independence from Great Britain

47. Who is Thomas Paine?

48. Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

49. What are unalienable rights?

50. Often traveled with the army spending mornings cooking, delivering food and visiting wounded soldiers

51. Who is Martha Washington?