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Match the term with the definition. -A punishing defeat for Americans in a ravine near Fort Stanwix in New York in August 1777. German-American militiamen aided by allied Oneida warriors were ambushed by Mohawk and Seneca Indians, and 500 on the revolutionary side were killed.

A) battle of Bunker Hill
B) battle of Long Island
C) battle of Oriskany
D) battle of Saratoga
E) battle of Yorktown
F) Common Sense
G) Continental army
H) Declaration of Independence
I) Ladies Association
J) loyalists
K) Second Continental Congress
L) Treaty (Peace) of Paris, 1783

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What was one of the many weaknesses of the Continental army?

A) It was undermanned.
B) It was fighting on its own soil.
C) Loyalists infiltrated its ranks.
D) It fought for an unpopular cause.

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Where did British troops achieve victory at the beginning of their campaign in the South in 1778 and 1780?

Which of the following was a treasonable act as defined by state laws in 1775 and 1776?

What was the significance of the Continental army's campaign in Montreal and Quebec?

Women served in the Continental army by

What made Robert Shurtliff of Massachusetts an atypical member of the Continental army?

How did American Indians respond to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War?

What did the British general William Howe do after the victory at Bunker Hill?

How did Thomas Paine justify his case for complete independence from England in his pamphlet Common Sense? How was his pamphlet received in the colonies?

After five and a half years of fighting, how long did it take to negotiate peace and evacuate the British from its former colonies?

Discuss why the British lost the Revolutionary War. What advantages did they misuse?

Discuss American successes and failures in the North and West. What role did Indian tribes play, and what convinced the French to ally with the Americans during these pivotal years?

In the Revolutionary War, American colonists fought each other as well as the British. How did the events of the war influence colonial Americans as they chose sides?

Match the term with the definition. -A multistage battle in New York ending with the decisive defeat and surrender of British General John Burgoyne on October 17, 1777. France was convinced by this victory to throw its official support to the Americans.

What impact did the French alliance have on the Revolutionary War's outcome?

"I . . . am glad to find that you desire to revive the affectionate Intercourse, that formerly existed between us. It will be very agreeable to me; indeed nothing has ever hurt me so much and affected me with such keen Sensations, as to find myself deserted in my old age by my only Son; and not only deserted, but to find him taking up Arms against me, in a Cause, wherein my good Fame, Fortune and Life were all at Stake. You conceived, you say, that your Duty to your King and regard for your Country requir'd this. I ought not to blame you for differing in Sentiment with me in Public Affairs. We are Men, all subject to errors. Our opinions are not in our own Power; they are form'd and govern'd much by Circumstances, that are often as inexplicable as they are irresistible. Your Situation was such that few would have censured your remaining Neuter, tho' there are Natural Duties which preceded political ones, and cannot be extinguish'd by them." What was Benjamin Franklin's reaction to his estranged loyalist son William's attempt to reconcile their relationship after the Revolution?

Where did the Americans suffer their worst defeat of the Revolutionary War?

List at least two of the colonists' grievances with the British government by July 1776. How did the Continental Congress respond to these grievances? (You may want to consult Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence in the text appendix.)

What was the American strategy in the war with Britain?