American Revoultion Flashcards
Thomas Paine
Writer of “common sense” …. an influence on the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of Independence
George Washington
Commanded the continental army
Marquis de Lafayette
French officer who joined the continental army
Baron Friedrich Von Steuben
German officer who helped train the American troops
Casmir Pulaski
Polish officer who trained the American cavalry
Ethan Allen
Les the green mountain boys in attack of fort Ticonderoga
George Rogers Clark
Led the American volunteers in the Ohio river valley
John Paul Jones
Father of the American navy
Francis Marion
Known as the “swamp fox” for the hit and run raids in the south
Benedict Arnold
Attacked fort Ticonderoga and won other battles before being a traitor
Francois de Grasse
France admiral whose navy ships helped trap Cornwallis
Anthony Wayne
Led American forces at Yorktown
Jean de Rochanbeau
Led French forces at Yorktown
William Howe
British General commanding troops at bunker hill and New York
Charles Cornwallis
British General trapped at Yorktown
John Burgoyne
British General who surrendered at Saratoga
Loyalist/ Tories
1/3 of colonists who supported continued loyalty to Great Britain
Patriot
1/3 of colonists who favored separation from Great Britain
Hessians
Paid German soldiers helping births and defeated at Trenton, NJ
Privateers
Ships that protected American port cities
“I have not yet begun to fight”
John Paul Jones- in a battle withe the Serapis in the North Sea
“I only regret that’s I have only one life to live for my country”
Nathan hale- a spy that was caught and hung in New York
“Don’t fire till you see the whites of their eyes”
William Prescott/ militia commander- at bunker hill
