FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH CHAPTER 8

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH CHAPTER 8

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Question 1: Hessians

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German mercenaries that the king sent to America to control his subjects.

Question 2: Bunker Hill

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Scene of a Patriot victory in Boston. Seized a gun shop.

Question 3: Model Treaty

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Created to guide the American commissioners in the French court.

Question 4: General Burgoyne

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Led an invasion of New England down Lake Champlain in 1777.

Question 5: Charles Cornwallis

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British general who was defeated in the Carolina campaign of 1781 by Nathanael Greene.

Question 6: Richard Henry Lee

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Proposed the idea of independence for the colonies.

Question 7: Princeton

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Where Washington defeated a small British detachment a week after Trenton.

Question 8: U.S. peace negotiation team

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Gathered in Paris; consisted of three men.

Question 9: George Washington

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A military leader for America who had great leadership skills and character.

Question 10: Natural rights

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Jefferson stated in the Declaration of Independence that King George III had flouted these; fundamental rights which the government couldn't control.

Question 11: Benjamin Franklin in Paris

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Thought that his presence was enough to start a diplomatic revolution. Wore simple, homespun clothes.

Question 12: John Jay

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Peace negotiator who was suspicious of the French wanting to betray America for Spain's good and made separate overtures to London.

Question 13: Privateers

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Privately owned armored ships authorized by Congress to prey on enemy shipping.

Question 14: Declaration of Independence

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An explanation of rights written by Thomas Jefferson that was approved by Congress on July 4, 1776.

Question 15: Loyalists

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Colonials loyal to the king.

Question 16: Benedict Arnold

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One of the two military leaders who led the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.

Question 17: Patrick Henry

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A young Patriot whose "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech quickened patriotic pulses.

Question 18: William Howe

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Washington's adversary in the Battle of Long Island.

Question 19: Republicanism

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Type of government proposed by Thomas Paine where all government officials were elected by popular consent.

Question 20: John Paul Jones

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Most famous officer of the emerging American navy.

Question 21: Natural aristocracy

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An aristocracy based on work and talent and not birth and special privilege.

Question 22: John Adams

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One of the three peace negotiators who was vigilant for New England interests.

Question 23: Saratoga

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Where Burgoyne surrendered his force in 1777.

Question 24: Armed Neutrality

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Consisted of the European neutrals with an attitude of hostility towards Britain.

Question 25: George Rogers Clark

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Frontiersman who had the idea of capturing the British forts in the Illinois country.

Question 26: Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1784)

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First treaty signed between the US and an Indian nation; forced Indians to cede most of their land.

Question 27: Ethan Allen

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One of the two military leaders who led the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point.

Question 28: Joseph Brant

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Mohawk chief who led the British-sided Iroquois Indians on the ravaging on PA and NY.