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General Washington and his soldiers suffered greatly during the winter of 1777 to 1778 when they camped at _______, northwest of Philadelphia.
Valley Forge
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The country of ________ had been secretly sending money and supplies to the American colonists to help them fight the English.
France
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France signed a _______ with America that said that the American colonies were free.
treaty.
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France agreed to send money, soldiers, and ______ to support the colonists in their war against the English.
ships
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Sir Henry Clinton tried to take his soldiers to _________ to fight the French ships.
New York City
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General George Washington caused Clinton and his English troops to retreat, abandoning his ________, which Washington's soldiers picked up.
supplies
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The years 1777 and 1778 are known as "The _____ Years," because of the Indian attacks.
Bloody
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The _________ tribe helped the English by raiding villages and killing families
Iroquois
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American General _________, with an army of five thousand men, killed many of the Iroquois who were killing the colonists.
Sullivan
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A skilled frontiersman, ___________ captured Fort Kaskaskia from the English.
George Rogers Clark
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George Rogers Clark convinced Colonel Hamilton to surrender ___________, which allowed the United States to claim a vast amount of land after the war.
Fort Vincennes
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The Americans turned their _______ ships into war ships, called privateers, by equipping them with cannons.
merchant
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___________ and the Marquis de Lafayette convinced France to lend America several warships.
Benjamin Franklin
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__________ successfully defeated the English warship, the Serapis.
John Paul Jones
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____________________ was an American hero who became a traitor.
Benedict Arnold
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The English forces gained control of Georgia when they captured the city of _________.
Savannah
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Francis Marion was nicknamed "the ______."
Swamp Fox
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The Treaty of ________ gave the American colonies their independence.
Paris
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The Americans were given all the land north of Florida and south of Canada, from the Atlantic on the east to the ______ River on the west.
Mississippi
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________ is the legal and official Father of the United States Navy.
John Barry
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