American Revolution

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How did Thomas Paine encourage many colonists to want to become independent from Britain?

Back

Paine wrote Common Sense using common language everyone understood.

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Why was Fort Sullivan barely damaged when attacked by the British?

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It was made of palmetto logs that absorbed the cannon balls.

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What caused Nathan Hale to be captured by the British and sentenced to death?

Back

He was a spy.

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What was the effect of the Patriots winning the Battle of Saratoga?

Back

France and other countries become an ally to the Patriots.

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Why was the Battle of Kings Mountain an important battle for the Patriots?

Back

The Patriots stopped the British from marching north.

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Why did the British retreat to Yorktown, Virginia?

Back

To get more supplies and troops.

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What ended the Revolutionary War?

Back

Treaty of Paris

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Why did the Second Continental Congress meet?

Back

Because the King rejected the Declaration of Independence

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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Back

Thomas Jefferson

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Why did the Patriots eventually allow African American men to fight in the war?

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They needed more soldiers.