3/21/22 chap test Flashcards
Blockade-
is the shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.
Mercenary
troops for hire, from germany to help fight the colonists
is a person who betrays his or her country
Traitor
introduction followed by 3 main parts
Preamble
rights that belong to all people from birth
Natural rights
Unalienable rights
the rights to be free and to choose how to live- cannot be taken away by governments
(was from virginia) he introduced a resolution that said, “these United States are, and of right ought to be free and independent states
Richard Henry Lee-
(massachusetts) - lawyer
John Adams
pennsylvania) - inventor and journalist
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
(Virginia) - tobacco planter
Philip Livingston
(Ny) wealthy landowner
Roger Sherman
(connecticut) - shoe maker
1st signer of Declaration of Independence, and he was president of the 2nd Continental Congress
John Hancock
Nathan Hale
teacher from Connecticut, he was a spy and later hanged. His last words, “i only regret that i have but one life to lose for my country”
Aka Washington crosses the Delaware
Trenton
“The TURNING POINT in the War”
Saratoga
troops on horseback
Cavalry
Guerilla
hit and run
Siege
occurs when an army surrounds running low
Ratify
approved
Ex. Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chicksaw. Americans take Vincennes (present day Indiana) from the British in 1778. They were led by George Rogers Clark.
George Rogers Clark
- commanded the “Bonhomme Richard”.
John Paul Jones
Privateer
independently owned merchant ships that became war ships and were then equipped with weapons.
The Americans go on to win princeton too, by tricking General Cornwallis, into thinking the Americsns were still at Trenton, and they snuck up on princeton
Cornwallis
Nathanael Greene
replaces General gates as Commander of the military in the south
Francis Marion-
“Swamp Fox”
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
- February 1776. Patriots defeat the Loyalists. Moore’s Creek Bridge is near Wilmington, NC
Fraunces Tavern
Fraunces Tavern- Washington bid farewell to his troops at “Fraunces Tavern” in NYC on Wall Street
Treaty of Paris
between the United States and Great Britain.
wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense”.
Thomas Paine
Gen. Burgoyne
has a strategy to cut off New England first from the rest of the Colonies
The French arrive too late to help, Washington and his men spend a long, cold Winter watching the British at Philadelphia. (1777-1778)
Valley Forge
Von Steuben
Germany decides to help and sends Von Steuben - trained the American soldiers in how to use the bayonet.
helped the Americans build forts.
Pulaski and Kosciusko
They sent General Lafayettee to train the American troops.
Lafayette
List and explain 4 advantages the British had during the Revolutionary War.
They had a powerful navy
They had many generals
They had money to hire mercenaries
They had the support of the loyalists
b. List and explain 4 advantages the Americans had during the Revolutionary War.
They were fighting on their own land
They had general george washington
They developed a navy under john paul jones
They didn’t have to transport their supplies
Who won?
Lexington-
British
Who won?
Concord
Americans
Who won?
Saratoga
Americans
Who won?
Trenton
Americans
Who won?
Yorktown
Americans
