chapter 6 Flashcards
Independence for the Colonies
Patriots killed a lot of British’s fleet and Loyalist troops
Kings Mountain
Brought Patriots morale up. It captured 900 Hessians men and attacked their outpost
Trenton
another name for the loyalists
Tories
British army surrendered
Yorktown
what did they write to King George to create a chance of peace?
the Oliver Branch Petition
what was the Western 1783 boundary?
Mississippi River
The French entered the war here, Patriots won the north.
Saratoga
trading ships equipped for warfare
privateers
Frenchman who aided the Americans
Marquis de Lafayette
list all of the battles won by the Pats
- Fort Ticonderoga
- Trenton
- Saratoga
- Kings Mountain
- Cowpens
- Yorktown
- Vicennes
date of the final approval of the Declaration of Independence
July 4, 1776
favored fighting the Brits
Patriots
backed British up in the war
loyalists
Patriots retreated without a fight
Long Island
list all of the battles won by the Brits
- Bunker Hill
- Quebec
- Long Island
group that took control of army at Boston and asked the colonies for supplies and troops
Second Continental Congress
Prussian drill master at Valley Forge
Baron Von Steuban
mercenary troops who fought for British
Hessians
the Patriots were able to obtain all the cannons and ammunition at this battle
Fort Ticonderoga
the Patriots were forced to retreat here
Bunker Hill
who was the primarily author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
where did the Brits surrender in 1781?
Yorktown
who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
patriot quartermaster
Nathanael Greene
Patriots were able to claim land bordering the MS River
Vincennes
Patriots failed
Quebec
officially ended the War for Independence
Treaty of Paris
allowed many southerners to turn to Patriot causes
Cowpens
