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This 16-card flashcard set covers major themes and figures from the American Revolution for eighth graders. It includes famous quotes from the Declaration of Independence, military leaders and battles such as Brandywine and Cowpens, and notable individuals like Deborah Sampson and Anna Strong. Use it for vocabulary review, test preparation, or reinforcement during a unit on the Revolutionary War.

Subject:
Social Studies
Topic:
History
Grade Level:
8th Grade
Updated December 2024

Terms in This Set

  • The shot heard round the world.
  • Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
  • We hold these truths to be self evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  • We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.
  • This day of July, 1776 will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.
  • There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!
  • Fort Ticonderoga (not an actual battle)
  • Siege of Boston/ Dorchester Heights
  • Battle of Princeton
  • Battles of Brandywine and Germantown
  • Battle of Cowpens
  • Anna Strong
  • Deborah Sampson
  • Common Sense
  • American Crisis
  • Boran Friedrich von Steuben

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