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The Second Continental Congress chose ________ to command the American Army.
George Washington
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The Green Mountain boys, led by ________ and Benedict Arnold, captured Fort Ticonderoga from the English.
Ethan Allen
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In 1775, the colonial farmers and merchants refused to sell _________ and other supplies to the English.
food
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In June, 1775, at the Battle of _________, the English Redcoats won when the American colonists fled,but 1,054 English soldiers were wounded and 226 were killed.
Bunker Hill
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Colonel ______________ was in charge of building rafts and sleds to pull cannons captured from Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Crown Point to help George Washington in Boston.
Henry Knox
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English General _______ and his men escaped from Boston before being attacked.
Howe
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The American colonists defended Fort Moultrie in ______________, South Carolina, for ten hours before the English attackers sailed away.
Charleston
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As the year 1776 came to an end, General Washington had lost __________ City and was in constant retreat from the huge English army.
New York
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In a surprise move, on Christmas night, 1776, George Washington and his troops quietly crossed the ____________River and defeated the enemy soldiers at Trenton.
Delaware
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General ____________ led the final charge against the English and won the battle at Saratoga, New York.
Benedict Arnold
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The American soldiers, led by General Nicholas ____________ suffered a terrible defeat by the English Redcoats at Oriskany, New York in 1777.
Herkimer
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In addition to being the largest city in the colonies, _____________ was where the Continental Congress met.
Philadelphia
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English General Howe decided to attack Philadelphia from the _________.
sea
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General ____________ and his soldiers could not stop the English from capturing Philadelphia.
George Washington
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The ____________ was removed and taken to a safe place in the basement of a church.
Liberty Bell
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The capture of ___________ by the English soldiers was a terrible defeat for the American colonists.
Philadelphia
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The English General _________ controlled the capital city of Philadelphia.
Howe
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The English also conquered the two ______ at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.
forts
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A dense _____ caused the American soldiers to accidentally shoot and kill their own soldiers.
fog
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