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| Battle of Saratoga | Battle in NY that resulted in a major defeat of British troops |
| Battle of Yorktown | Last major battle of the Revolutionary War fought in VA |
| Bunker Hill | Revolutionary War battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the British army. |
| Declaration of Independence | Document written to declare the colonies free from British rule. |
| First Continental Congress | A meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to the closing of Boston Harbor, increased taxes, and abuses of authority by the British government. |
| George Washington | Revolutionary war hero and Patriot leader who was unanimously elected to serve as our first president |
| Mercenaries | Hired foreign soldiers |
| Minutemen | American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minutes notice. |
| Patriots | American colonists who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolution. |
| Battle of Trenton | A Revolutionary War battle in NJ in which Patriot forces captured more than 900 Hessians. |
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | First battle of the Revolutionary War |
| Olive Branch Petition | The Second Continentals Congress’s last attempt at peace |
| Guerrilla warfare | Hit and run tactics |
| British move the War to the South | The war wasn’t going well for the British in the North, so they moved the war to the South |
| Revere, Dawes, Prescott | Rode through the night to warn Patriots about the British coming to rob their supply of guns |
| Battle of Saratoga | Original British Plan for Saratoga? To cut the colonies in half in NY near Albany. |
| Common Sense | Written by Thomas Paine; Criticized monarchies and convinced many American colonists of the need to break away from Britain. |
