3/24/22 Flashcards
the shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.
Blockade
paid killers
Mercenary
a person who betrays their country
Traitor
introduction part of the Declaration, Constitution, or other Official Documents.
Preamble
rights that belong to all people from birth
Natural rights
rights that can not be taken away by the government.
Unalienable rights
he introduced a resolution that said, “The United States are, and of right ought to be free and independent states.”
Richard Henry Lee
a lawyer from Massachusetts who worked on the Declaration of Independence.
John Adams
an inventor and journalist from Pennsylvania who worked on the Declaration of Independence went to France to form an alliance with them.
Ben Franklin
a tobacco planter from Virginia who worked on the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
a wealthy land owner from New York who worked on the Declaration of Independence.
Robert Livingston
a shoemaker from Connecticut who worked on the Declaration of Independence
Roger Sherman
the 1st signer of the Declaration of Independence (he wrote is large so everyone could see it) who was the president of the 2nd Continental Congress
John Hancock
a teacher from Connecticut who was hung because he was a spy. His last words were, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Nathan Hale
known as “Washington crosses the Delaware” the Americans surprise attack the Hessians (Christmas)
Trenton
a battle that was the turning point in the war because we got help from France on
Saratoga
troops on horseback
Cavalry
hit and run tactics used by Marion and other people from the South
Guerilla
when an army surrounds and blockades an enemy position in an attempt to capture it
Siege
approved or accepted
Ratify
the leader of the British in Vincennes.
George Rogers Clark
commander of the “Bonhomme Richard” called the “Father of the American Navy” “Serapis”
John Paul Jones
independently owned merchant ships that became warships and were equipped with weapons by Americans.
Privateer
the General of the British in the battle of Yorktown, Virginia October 19, 1778 who surrendered and ended the Revolutionary War.
Cornwallis
the General who replaced General Gates as commander of the military in the South. He had a plan to divide the Army into two parts.
Nathanael Greene
“Swamp Fox” who used Guerilla Warfare or hit and run tactics controlled southern troops
Francis Marion
Feburary 1776 the Patriots defeat the Loyalists near Wilmington, North Carolina.
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
led the French troops at Newport, Rhode Island in July of 1780
Gen. Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau
a tavern in NYC on Wallstreet where Washington bid farewell to his troops.
Fraunces Tavern
this treaty was ratified April 15, 1783 was between the U.S. and Great Britian where land is transferred to U.S. and other countries control and the U.S. become independent.
Treaty of Paris
Wrote the pamphlet “Common Sense” and “The Crisis”
Thomas Paine
a British general who had the idea to cut the New England colonies off from the rest and take Albany from 3 directions.
Gen. Burgoyne
they spend a long cold winter there and many Americans died from illnesses and others lost hope and ran away.
Valley Forge
a man from Germany who trained American troops and taught them how to use a bayonet.
Von Steuben
men from Poland who helped the Americans build forts
Pulaski and Kosciusko
a French man sent to train the American troops.
Lafayette
