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Commander of the Southern Patriots forces. He kept the British forces always moving.
Skirmish between Loyalists and Patriots near Wilmington NC. Patriots win
agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States of America was free and independent country
a document drawn up by the colonists during the Continental Congress that says that the colonies is now an independent country from England.
the commander of British troops in the South, best known for his defeat at the Battle of Yorktown
German soldiers hired by George III to smash Colonial rebellion.
a document that RECOMMENDED that NC declare independence from Britain
They organized the continental Army, selected George Washington to lead the army, and appointed the committee to write the Declaration of Independence
American colonists who remained loyal to Britian and opposed the war for independence
Until the 1870s, who in essence controlled the territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande?
The ideals of the Declaration of Independence helped to inspire leaders of the Revolution in 1789.
What key component of the 1860 Republican platform had never before been part of a major party's platform?
What was the spark for a deadly riot in New York in 1863?
Starting in 1863, why did Frederick Douglas believe that African-Americans should serve as soldiers in the Union army?
The Wilmot Proviso, admission of California into the Union, and the Missouri Compromise focused on what?
general who took charge of the Continental army in the South in 1780
What separated Grant from the other Union generals who commanded the Army of the Potomac?
What could be one possible reason that Robert E. Lee invaded the North in 1863?
are fighters who work in small bands and make hit-and-run attacks
What distinguished John Brown from other abolitionists such as William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass?