3/7/22 Flashcards
helped in the Revolutionary War
African Americans
___ African Americans joined the Patriots
5,000
5,000 African Americans joined the ___
Patriots
African Americans joined the Patriots in all of the states except for ____
South Carolina
They had African Americans in their ___
Militia
Many Indian troops sided with the ___
British
The British promised them that when the Patriots were defeated they would give them back their ___
land
Indian troops sided that with the British
Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, and Chicksaw.
African Americans that helped in the Revolutionary War.
Lemuel Hayes
Peter Salem
Salem Poor
Americans take ____ From the British in 1778
Vincennes
Vincennes is present day
Indiana
the Americans holdings in the ___ ware strong.
West
Americans were lead by
George Rogers Clark
independently owned merchant ships that became warships and were then equipped with weapons.
Privateers
over ___ Privateers helped during the war
1,000
Ben Franklin received it as a gift from the French in honor of his Almanac “Poor Richard’s Almanac”
Bonhomme Richard
Ben Franklin’s Almanac is called
Poor Richard’s Almanac
commanded the “Bonhomme Richard.” It was a ship France gave to Ben Franklin - who later gave it to him
John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones was called the
“The Father of the American Navy”
In September of 1779 the Bonhomme Richard” defeated the British ship ___
“The Serapis.”
Who won the battle of Philadelphia
British
The battle where Patriots defeat the Loyalists.
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge - Feb 1776
Moore’s Creek Bridge is near ____
Wilmington, North Carolina.
