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nexus9112 [7]
4 years ago
12

MATCH THESE ITEMS WITH THE BEST DEFINITION AS POSSIBLE:

History
1 answer:
melamori03 [73]4 years ago
8 0

Answer:

1. Breed's Hill: is a glacial drumlin located in the Charlestown section of Boston, Massachusetts. It is located in the southern portion of the Charlestown Peninsula, a historically oval, but now more roughly triangular, peninsula that was originally connected to Cambridge in colonial times by a short, narrow isthmus known as the Charlestown Neck.

* Thomas Jefferson: 3rd president of the US 1801–09. A Democratic-Republican from Virginia, he played a key role in leadership during the American Revolution and was the principal drafter of the Declaration of Independence 1776.

2.  seized Fort Ticonderoga :  a pitched battle in which American revolutionary troops captured Fort Ticonderoga from the British in 1775.

* George Washington : 1st president of the US 1789–97. Commander in chief of the Continental Army, he helped to win the American Revolution by keeping his army together through the winter of 1777–78 at Valley Forge and by winning a decisive battle at Yorktown in 1781.

3. mercenaries from Germany : combines Land and Knecht to form "servant of the land."

Battle of Bunker Hill: the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) which was fought at Breed's Hill; the British defeated the colonial forces. Bunker Hill.

4. Common Sense : (Thomas Paine)

Ethan Allen : American soldier. He fought the British in the American Revolution.

5. Declaration of Independence : The fundamental document establishing the United States as a nation, adopted on July 4, 1776. The declaration was ordered and approved by the Continental Congress and written largely by Thomas Jefferson.

Hessians :  a native or inhabitant of the German state of Hesse.

6. commander-in-chief of the Continental Army : General George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the army throughout the war.

Benedict Arnold:  American general and traitor. During the American Revolution, he was instrumental, with Ethan Allan, in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga but later planned to betray West Point to the British.

7. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.": Patriot Nathan Hale  

Nathan Hale: American hero. He volunteered in 1776 during the American Revolution to spy behind British lines on Long Island. Disguised as a schoolmaster, he was captured by the British and hanged without trial. His last words are said to have been, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country. ”.

8. American traitor : a person who betrays a friend, country, principle

Thomas Paine : English American political writer. His pamphlet Common Sense (1776) called for American independence, and The Rights of Man (1791) defended the French Revolution.

9. "I have not yet begun to fight." :  John Paul Jones

John Paul Jones : Scottish-born US admiral; born John Paul. Noted for his raids off the northern coasts of Britain during the American Revolution, he is said to have stated “I have not yet begun to fight!” after victory in a 1779 battle between the Americans and the British.

10. secured the western lands : George Rogers Clark.

George Rogers Clark: American military leader and frontiersman. He defended the Illinois frontier against the British during the American Revolution.

Explanation:

I shorted some of them and some of them are bold

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