history sections 3-4 test Flashcards
Hit and run warfare
Guerrilla
Mary Ludwig Hayes was called
Molly Pitcher
Government where the power resides in the citizens who can vote
Republic
A wealthy merchant who gave lots of money during the war
Robert Morris
French admiral that brought fleets into Yorktown
De Grasse
1st state university.
North Carolina
Power of this native group broken in the the revolutionary war
Iroquois
Howes headquarters
New York
Led the British army after Gage resigned
Howe
Washington troops spent the winter in ______, Pennsylvania
Valley Forge
How many people died in 1777 at Valley Forge
2500
American Hero who became traitor
Benedict Arnold
What two foods were eaten at Valley Forge
Pepperpot stew and fire cakes
Washington crossed the Delaware to attack
Trenton and Princeton
3 advantages of patriots
Homeland, better leaders, fight on the cause
Colonial government is based in _______
Philadelphia
Father of American navy
John Paul Jones
Name 3 terms of the treaty of Paris
British gave US land east of MS
Spain got FL
America is now a free country
French got Caribbean islands
Washington slowed Howe down at these battles to allow the Continental Congress to escape
German Town and Brandy Creek
British Gen. Defeated by the colonists at Saratoga
Burgoyne
Called swamp fox
Francis Marion
Name of John Paul Jones ship
Bomhomme Richard
Prussian officer who taught men at Valley Forge to flight
Frederick Steuben
Led the Green Mt. Boys
Ethan Allen
British Gen. Captured _______ GA
Savannah
Pamphlet by Thomas Paine
The American Crisis
British gen. Who surrendered at Yorktown
Cornwallis
Greatest defeat for the south
Charleston, SC
France agreed to help the colonists with this treaty
Treaty of Alliance
Turning point in the war for the south
King’s Mountain
Turning point in the war for the north
Saratoga
Name the British advantages
Strong gov’t, resources, well-trained
15 year old who fought with Washington’s army in New York, Valley Forge, and Yorktown
Plum Martin
Worst of the prison ships
The Jersey
Led the sharpshooters
Daniel Morgan
How many dies in the rev. War
25,000
