American Revolution Key Concepts

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What is considered the first battle of the American Revolution?

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Lexington and Concord

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What were Americans called who supported independence?

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Patriots

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Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as

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Loyalists

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This treaty formally ended the American Revolution

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Treaty of Paris of 1783

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The U.S. was founded on July 4, 1776, by the approval of this document.

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the Declaration of Independence

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Who alerted the colonists by yelling "the British are coming?"

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Paul Revere

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Who was the commander of the Continental Army?

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George Washington

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What advantage did the Continental Army have at the beginning of the American Revolution?

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Its soldiers were fighting on familiar ground to protect their own land.