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Chapter Section 4 & 5
Chapter 6 Sec. 4&5
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8th Grade
11/20/2009

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Besty Ross
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flag maker during the war
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Mary Hays
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Helped on the battle field during the war
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Martha Washington
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helped cooking & cleaning at camps
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George Rogers Clark
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American Commander in Ohio Valley
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Bernardo de Galvez
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Governor of Spanish Louisiana
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John Paul Jones
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Great American Naval Commander
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Daniel Morgan
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Won victory at the Battle of Cowpens
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Francis Marion
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Known as the Swamp Fox
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Benedict Arnold
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Famous American Traitor
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General Cornwalliss
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British Commander who surrendered at Yorktown
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Responsibilities of women during the Revolutionary War
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Planted crops, made shoes & cloth, cannons, guns, helped in camps.
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Why did Congress allow African-Americans to enlist?
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The British offered them freedom if they joined
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Why did more Native Americans join the British?
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They thought more settlers would move west if British lost.
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Why id the British move the fighting to the South?
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many loyalists would help them
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What are guerrilla tactics?
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hit and run tactics to harass the British
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What is a siege?
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Surround an enemy and blockade them
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What did the Americans & British agree to in the Treaty of Paris, 1783?
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U.S. would pay loyalists for damages, British would recognize U.S. Freedom, boundaries were N-Great Lakes, S-top of Florida, E- Atlantic Ocean, W- Mississippi
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List 3 reasons why the U.S. won the Revolutionary War
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geography, foregn help, growing patriotism
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