Rev S2 Flashcards
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish governer of Louisiana
Spanish hated British-Galvez’s army forced British troops from…
Baton Rouge, Natchez, Mobile, Pensacola
France?
Realizes that the Americans had a chance at victory
Support openly-alliance-send money, equipment, and troops
Winter at Valley Forge
Got kicked out of Philadelphia 20 miles west
Valley Forge-harsh winter
People lack food, clothing, and shelter
Deserted
Left without permission-soldiers at Valley Forge
Friedrich Von Steuben
Former Army officer from Germany
Drilled and worked the Patriot army-a more efficient fighting force
Juan de Miralles
Rep. of Spain in Philadelphia
Got Spain, Cuba, and Mexico to…
$$$$
Marquis de Lafayette
French nobleman at Valley Forge
Enthusiastic
Inflation
It took more and more to buy the same amount of goods
Life on the Home Front/women
Women taking over all chores
Judith Sargeant Murray-Mass.-Wonem’s minds are just as good
Abigail Adams-wrote to J. Adams (husband) about women rights
Treatment of Loyalists
Lots fled out of the States
Some got shunned or in mob violence