People Flashcards
Baron von Steuben
help turn inexperienced Americans into experienced men at valley
Charles Cornwallis
British general and surrendered at Yorktown
William Howe
British general who forced Washington to retreat
Francis Marion
swamp fox-military officer who served in the American Revolutionary
Benjamin Franklin
Helped get french aid
George Rogers Clark
took part in defending western. They captured Kaskaskia without fight
Marquis de Lafayette
volunteered to serve in Washington army, and used money from “soldiers friend” to buy supplies
John Paul Jones
Beat best navy
Hessian mercenaries
German troops hired
privateers
an armed ship owned by private individuals for use in war
Loyalists
supported the British
Guerilla Warfare
surprise attack
Pacifist
opposed to war
Desert
a person without intending to return
