Mary Ashleigh's check ups

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1.Who led the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence? When was it adopted?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson/July 4,1776

2.How did the Declaration of Independence recognize God's special creation of man?
Answer: It respected human life and property,equality,responsible liberty.

3.From whom did the Americans inherit their love for liberty?
Answer: long history of traditions of the English


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1. List several European military leaders who aided the patriot cause(include their home country).
Answer: 1) Marquis de Lafayette-France 2) Baron von Steuben-Prussia 3) Baron de Kalb - Germany 4) Kosciusko-Poland 5) Pulaski-Poland

2. Why did the British want to capture New York City?
Answer: It had the largest population of people who would remain loyal to the king and didn't like the War for Independence (Loyalist or Tories)

3. How did Washington treat the Loyalists in New York City?
Answer: he respected them

4. What Jewish patriot helped obtain much needed funds for the war effort?
Answer: Haym Solomon

5. Where did Washington attack the Hessians? What was the outcome?
Answer: Trenton/captured 1,000 and got a good amount of supplies

6. How did the British plan to isolate New England?
Answer: they planeed to divide the colonies in two

7.Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered a turning point in the war?
Answer: cause it caused Independence

8. What encouraged the soldiers at Valley Forge to stick together and perservere?
Answer:cause they were in such hardships

9. What new in May of 1778 enabled General Washington to tell his men that the worst was over?
Answer: new supplies were on their way

10. Who was the victor at the Battle of Monmouth?
Answer: there was no real victor

• Loyalists- people who remained loyal to the king and opposed the War for Independence
• Nathan Hale- school teacher, attempted to inform Washington about Howe's troups, he disguised himself as a Duth teacher and tired to make it across the British lines, but he was captured
• General Cornwallis- was in charge of the people who were to capture Wahington at Trenton, ordered by Howe
• Princeton-on Jan. 3,1777 British troops were defeated here
• General Burgoyne- marched southward from Quebec through Lake Champlain and Lake George country to Albany. He was goign to meet the rest of the British so they could divide the colonies in two
• Horatio Gates- Burgoyne surrendered his 5,000 men army to him on October 17, 1777
• Brandywine and Germantown-battles, Washington tried to stop Howe's army at both of these
• Molly Pitcher- Mary Ludwig Hays,she followed her husband to battle so she brought pitchers of water from a nearby spring to thirsty American patriots, they started to call her Molly Pitcher because of her bravery.