Review- Video: America the Story of US (Revolution)

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Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state.

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Declaration of Independence

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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Thomas Jefferson

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Commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

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George Washington

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Jefferson was inspired by Enlightenment thinker ___________ _____________, who believed that people have natural rights—rights that belong to them simply because they are human.

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John Locke

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American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution. Due to this victory, France agreed to help the Americans with ships, soldiers, supplies and money against their long-time enemy, Britain.

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Battle of Saratoga

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During the Winter of Valley Forge (Pennsylvania), hunger, disease, and cold took the lives of 2500 of Washington’s men that winter. A volunteer from Prussia named ____________________________ drilled soldiers taught them how to use firearms, and created a more disciplined army.

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Baron von Steuben

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Last major battle in the American Revolution. Nathaneal Greene army came up from the south, while George Washington’s army came down from the north, and the French navy blocked the harbor by sea. In 1781, this American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender

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Battle of Yorktown (Virginia)

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American intellectual, inventor, and politician was sent to France to ask for military aid and a loan during the American Revolution

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Benjamin Franklin

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How did the colonist protest against the British tea tax?

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Dumped tea into Boston harbor

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Which was the punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

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Intolerable Acts