AR Ch. 6 Review

They sent the "Olive Branch Petition," organized the continental Army, called on the colonies to send troops, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence

A document sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III, proposing a reconciliation between the colonies and Britain; the king refused to accept the letter

Army formed in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress and led by General George Washington

Led the Green Mountain Boys in surprise attacks on Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point. Won the Fort, and a valuable supply of cannons and gun powder, and control of a key route into Canada.

Fort on Lake Champlain in northeastern New York

American general who became a hero when he helped capture Fort Ticonderoga. He was placed in charge of West Point by George Washington, but wanting a more active role in the war and feeling that he was being passed over for promotions, he turned traitor and began sending battle plans to the British and even offered to give them West Point.

British Commanding General at the start of the American Revolution who commanded the forces at Bunker Hill & Breed's Hill

a soldier who is paid to fight for a foreign country/German soldiers hired by the British

Colonists who supported the British government during the American Revolution

A pamphlet that logically argued that the colonies had the right to be independent and the obligation to make it happen. It was very effective at convincing undecided colonists to join the war effort.

American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer who supported the American colonist's fight for independence; wrote "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis"

Primary author of the Declaration of Independence

the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain; it laid a foundation for a government based on liberty and equality

On Christmas night, 1776, Washington led 2,400 men across the Delaware River to attack the drunken Hessian soldiers who were sleeping. The Americans killed 30 of the enemy and took 918 captives and 6 Hessian cannons.

British officer who led the southern campaign for the British. He would surrender to the Americans and French at Yorktown, the final major battle of the Revolutionary War.