6 Flashcards
Wrote he pamphlet Common Sense and The Crisis
Thomas Paine
From Virginia he introduced a resolution said “These United colonies are and ought to be free and independent states”
Richard Henry
Formal statement of opinion
Resolution
Introduction
Preamble
Formal complaints
Grievance
From Massachusetts and was a lawyer work on the Declaration of Independence and treaty of Paris
John Adams
From Pennsylvania journalist inventor in statesman
Ben Frank
From Virginia tobacco planer did the most writing the Declaration of Independence
Tomas Jefferson
From New York he was a wealthy land owner helped on the Declaration of Independence
Philip Livingston
Was from Connecticut he was a shoemaker you also worked on the Declaration of Independence
Roger Sherman
English philosopher life liberty and property
John Locke
Teacher from Connecticut he was the squad he said I only regret that I have one life to lose for my country
Nathan Hale
Paid killer
Mercenarys
Between countries to help each other against another country
Alliance
France sent him over
Marquis de Lafayette
Soldiers who fought on horsebacks
Calvary
Trained soldiers sent from Prussia
Von Steuben
I charge of all British Troops
General Howe
Engineers they helped train the soldiers to build forts sent by Poland
Pulaski and Kosciusico
Strategy: To cut New England off from the rest of the colonies (Albany)
General Burgoyne
Also known as Washington Crossing the Delaware; When Washington and his troops snuck up on the Hessians on December 25/26 America Won
Trenton
Low Morale 3,000 out of the 11,000 soldiers died
Valley Forge
Turning point of the Revolutionary War; Ben Franklin got help from France
Saratoga
Sign up for duty
Enlist
A person not in the armed forces
Civilians
Paper Money
Continentals
Led the Battle of Vincennes
George Rodger Clark
Spanish leader during the Revolutionary War; Louisiana Governor
Bernardo De Galvez
Commanded the “Bonhomme Richard” Known as the Father of American Navy
John Paul Jones
Privately owned merchant ships equipped with weapons
Privateer
Surrendered in Yorktown Virginia; British commander in charge of troops
Cornwallis
Led Gurrilla Warfare “Swamp Fox”
Francis Marion
Hit and run tactics led by Francis Marion
Guerrilla Warfare
He replaced Gate as commander of all military in all of the South Strategy: was to divide the army into 2 parts
Nathaniel Greene
A person who betrays a country
Traitor
Feb 1776, Patriots won against loyalists; took place in Wilmington N.C.
Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge
Led by French soldiers at New Port, Rhode Island July 1780
Gen, Jean Bapiste
Where Washington said fare well to his troops (in NY on Wall Street)
Fraunces Tavern