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Semester 1 Review - Battles and Wars
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Semester 1 Review - Battles and WarsBattle of Saratoga - ANS-General Benedict Arnold and Ethan Allen won a major voctory
at this battle in 1778, which is also considered the turning point of the War for
Independence
Boston Massacre - ANS-Skirmish in 1775 between Massachusetts militia and British
regulars that became known as the "shot heard around the world"
Battle of Lexington and Concord - ANS-First major battle in the War for Independence
which resulted in a heavy British looses, but was also a technical victory for the British
Battle of the Thames - ANS-Battle in 1813 in which General William Henry Harrison
defeated the British killed Tecumseh
Battle of Yorktown - ANS-General Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington
ending the War for Independence (1781)
Battle of Valley Forge - ANS-George Washington made a surprise attack on Christmas
Eve in 1776 giving the badly demoralized American a stunning victory over German
mercenaries
Battle of Fort McHenry - ANS-Battle which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the
Star-Spangled Banner
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair - ANS-incident in 1807 in which a British Navy ship
attacked an American navy ship in American coastal waters and greatly increased war
fever against Great Britain
Battle of New Orleans - ANS-Major victory for the United States in 1815 but meant
nothing because the peace treaty with Great Britain had been signed two weeks earlier
Battle of Tippecanoe - ANS-Battle in 1811 which was a major victory for William Henry
Harrison and resulted in the destruction of Tecumseh's native-American confederacy
Fort Sumter - ANS-First major battle of the Civil War
Vicksburg, Gettysburg - ANS-The two battles in 1863 that are considered the turning
point of the Civil War in favor of the North
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