8th Grade Ch. 6 American War for Independence

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The British officer who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown was

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Charles Cornwallis

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The War for Independence officially ended with the signing of the

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Treaty of Paris

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leader of the Green Mountain Boys

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Ethan Allen

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British officer who lost at Saratoga

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John Burgoyne

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captured frontier outposts to give America claim to western regions

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George Rogers Clark

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Patriot army quartermaster who replaced General Gates as leader in the South

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Nathanael Greene

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gained his greatest fame by defeating the British ship Serapis

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John Paul Jones

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another name for Loyalists

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Tories

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soldiers for hire

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mercenaries

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armed merchant ships

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privateers