Relacionar Columnas American Revolution Vocab 2Versión en línea American Revolution Vocab 2 por Emily Acker 1 Mercenaries 2 Second Continental Congress 3 Battle of Trenton 4 Common Sense 5 Battle of Yorktown 6 Battle of Bunker Hill 7 Treaty of Paris 8 Declaration of Independence 9 Continental Army 10 Battle of Saratoga Early battle in the war for Independence in June of 1775. The patriots lost, but proved they could take on the Redcoats. Written by Thomas Paine, this pamphlet argued that citizens should make laws, not kings and queens. Army created from the Massachusetts militia by the Second Continental Congress that included soldiers from all colonies who would carry out the fight against Great Britain. Battle in New York that was a major turning point in the war. It was the greatest victory at that point for American forces. The British surrender to George Washington and this became the last major battle of the revolution. Peace agreement that ended the war of independence in which Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States. After King George III refused to address the concerns listed in the Declaration of Rights, delegates from 12 of the colonies meet again to show their dissatisfaction with Great Britain and created the Continental Army. Document that announced the colonies split from Great Britain, written by Thomas Jefferson. The main arguments were that people have unalienable rights, including the rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Important Patriot victory in New Jersey in which American soldiers took 900 prisoners as George Washington took the enemy by surprise in 1776. Soldiers that fought not out of loyalty, but for pay.
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