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The first person killed in the Boston Massacre, and possibly the American Revolution as a whole | |
Despite the name, the majority of the Battle of Bunker Hill took place here | |
The general of the British Army at the time of its surrender to French and American forces | |
1776 document announcing the thirteen colonies as sovereign states no longer under British rule | |
The British permanently withdrew from Boston on March 17, 1776, which is celebrated annually in the city as this holiday | |
A collection of articles written primarily by Alexander Hamilton promoting the ratification of the U.S. Contitution | |
Gen. John Burgoyne's nickname, stemming from his tendency to live a fancy life and wear a stylish uniform | |
Term given to German contract soldiers fighting for the British | |
This 'Confederacy' of Native Americans fought largely with the British | |
One of the four American signers of the Treaty of Paris | |
Site of a 1780 South Carolina battle where American militia scored a surprising victory over the Loyalists | |
Site of the first armed conflict between British and American forces | |
Title of the French officer who lobbied for French support and led troops in several decisive battles | |
Great Britain's Prime Minister who led them through most of the American War for Independence | |
Document adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 in a final attempt to avoid war with Great Britain | |
Author of 'Common Sense', the pamphlet calling for American independence from Great Britain | |
1774 Parliamentary Act requiring the colonies to British soldiers with any needed accomodations and housing. | |
Nickname for British soldiers stemming from the uniforms they wore | |
Nickname of Francis Marion, an American officer who practiced guerilla warfare in South Carolina | |
Colonists who supported the British were referred to as 'loyalists', or this | |
The Preamble to the U.S. Constitution states the United States' effort to form a 'more perfect _____' | |
Camp near Philadelphia where the Continental Army spent a brutal winter from 1777-78 | |
The first published African-American poet, she often used themes that expressed ideas of the rebellious colonists | |
King Louis ____ formally directed France's war effort and was instrumental in providing the colonists with supplies and support towards the latter end of the war | |
Virginian site of the British Army's 1781 surrender | |
Heroine of the Seige of Fort Henry, her daring gunpowder retreival allowed the defenders to continue to hold the fort, which remained under American control | |
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