Chapter 4 Section 3-4 Flashcards
Washington’s troops spent a difficult winter at this place in Pennsylvania
Valley forge
The power of this native group was broken during the revolutionary war
Iroquois
He is called the father of the American navy
John Paul jones
This British General surrendered to Washington at Yorktown
Cornwallis
The colonial government was based in this city
Philadelphia
Freedoms from enslavement
Emancipation
The British General Clinton captured this city in Georgia
Savannah
Licenses given to private ships authorizing attacks on British merchant ships
Letters of marque
What were the three advantages of the British in the revolutionary war
Well trained
Well supplied
Many resources
Strong government
What were three advantages of the Patriots in the revolutionary war
Home ground
Good leaders
Fighting for a cause
What were two foods eaten by the soldiers at valley forge
Pepper pot soup
Fire cake
The turning point of the war in the north was at this place
Saratoga
The greatest defeat suttered in the south was at this place in South Carolina
Charlestown
Washington crossed the Delaware to attack these two places in New Jersey
Trenton and Princeton
This Prussian officer taught the men at valley forge how to fight
Von Steuben
The turning point of the war in the south was at this place
Kings mountain
Republic
Form of government where power resides with a body
What traditional beliefs conflicted with the republic
Slavery, idea for women to vote
Who argued the government needed checks and balances to prevent any group from getting too strong and taking away rights of the minority
John Adams
Why did John Adams believe a legislature should have two houses
A senate to rep people of property and an assembly to protect the rights of common people
Where were the first state constitutions that established an elected governor, senate, and assembly
Virginia of 1776 Massachusetts of 1780
Who was Mary Ludwig hays
Known as Molly pitcher carried water to patriot gunners during the battle of Monmouth
Advances women had by the end of the revolution
Obtain divorce and better access to education
How was discrimination shown against freed African Americans
Northern whites didn’t want them taking their jobs
Where did loyalists go as they fled the United States after revolution
England, British
First state university in the nation
University of North Carolina
Pulaski
Trainees Washington’s Calvary
What were the elements of the treaty of Paris
Spain got Florida
America was recognized as a country
French got Caribbean
Most famous leader of the small hit and run units
Francis Marron
What American act seriously harmed Britain’s trade & economy
Congress issued the letters of marque
Took 175 troops down the Ohio River and captured several towns
George Rogers Clark
Why was Robert Morris important to the revolution
He pledged large amounts of money for war affect
Colonial government was based in this city
Philadelphia
French admiral brought fleet to blockade Yorktown
De Grasse
Led the British army after gage resigned
William Howe
Young man was with Washington’s army in New York, valley forge, Yorktown
Plum Martin
Worst of the prisons ships
The jersey
Led the sharpshooters
Daniel Morgan
France agreed to help the colonists through the signing of this treaty
Treaty of alliance
How many patriots died in the revolutionary war
25,000
Brandy wine creek in German town
Washington engaged Howe here
John Paul jones ship
Bonhomme Richard
British General defeated by the colonists at Saratoga
Burgoyne
Howe’s headquarters
New York
How many people died 1777 at valley forge
2500
American who became a traitor
Bendict Arnold
Washington slowed gage Down at these battles to allow the continental congress to escape
German town and brandy creek
Led the green mountain boys
Ellen Allen
British General captured what place in Georgia
Savannah
Pamphlet by Thomas Paine
The crisis
The American hero became a traitor who he gave the British the keys to the West Point
Arnold
