Match the Term with the Definition

question 63

Multiple Choice

Match the term with the definition.
-First major engagement of the new Continental army, defending against 45,000 British troops newly arrived in what is now Brooklyn. The Continentals retreated, with high casualties and many taken prisoner.

• A)battle of Bunker Hill
• B)battle of Long Island
• C)battle of Oriskany
• D)battle of Saratoga
• E)battle of Yorktown
• F)Common Sense
• G)Continental army
• H)Declaration of Independence
• I)Ladies Association
• J)loyalists
• K)Second Continental Congress
• L)Treaty (Peace) of Paris, 1783

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Definitions:

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Date of Declaration

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Realized Gain

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