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common sense
a. january 10, 1776
b. thomas jefferson
c. for freedom
d. it was a success because people went on the patriots side -
declaration of independance
e.final and formal
f. The Declaration of Independence was not accepted by all Americans. -
DECLARATION OF INDEPENSDANCE
a. to be independant
b. the introductory part of a statute or deed, stating its purpose, aims, and justification
c. The moment had finally come. Far too much bad blood existed between the colonial leaders and the crown to consider a return to the past. More and more colonists felt deprived by the British not only of their money and their civil liberties, but their lives as well.
d. On June 8, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to write a declaration of independence.
e. thethird section is fin -
retreat from new york
a. south
b. the americans were driven out of and into the white plains then west and south across new jersey
c. a spy
d. washington was going to have to forfit the battle because he barley had any men -
the battle of saratoga
a.On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold.
b. they would take troops to canada,to thenorth,and east to close in on the enemy
c.they lost 86% of their force
d. Fought eighteen days apart in the fall of 1777, the two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the American Revolution. -
valley forge winter
a. pennsylvania
b. in a field
c. 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease
d.Starvation, disease, malnutrition, and exposure killed nearly 2,500 American soldiers by the end of February 1778 -
help of overseas
a.During the American Revolutionary War (American War of Independence; 1775–1783), France recognized and allied herself with the United States in 1778, declared war on Great Britain, and sent men, money and matériel to aide the new republic.
b.they declared themselves an independant
c.Friedrich Wilhelm Rudolf Gerhard August, Freiherr von Steuben, a Prussian military
d.to vounteer -
defending the frountier
a. about 140 Spanish soldiers and American Indians
b. he had success
c. they won -
crossing the delaware
a. delaware river
b. the german heshans
c. Without the determination, resiliency, and leadership exhibited by Washington while crossing the Delaware River the victory at Trenton would not have been possible.
