Sections 3 & 4 Flashcards
George Washington - his view on slavery and end of service
At first, he refused to accept slaves to fight in the American Army, but once Britain allowed them to, he did too. (During the halfway mark)
Pennsylvania - as it pertains to slavery
It made a law in 1780 providing the gradual end to slavery, but slaveholders were able to keep the slaves they already had.
Women’s role while men were away fighting in the war:
They took over their husbands’ roles in work, and some even joined them in battle.
Jehu Grant:
After fleeing his master ( he was black-skinned) Jenu served in the American army for nine months.
George Rogers Clark
He was sent to defend attacks on the frontier and strike British forts behind the Appalachian Mountains in 1778. His forces easily captured two Mississippi River outposts, Kaskaskia and Cahokia.
. After suffering to get there, they caught the British by surprise and got another victory.
Bernardo de Galvez
The Louisiana governor who secretly provided money and munitions to the Americans.
smallpox and where it occurred:
An eradicated virus that used to be contagious, disfiguring, and often deadly. It first spread around with Americans in Quebec in 1775, and then spread down the East coast. By 1779 it had reached New Orleans. After that, It spread toward the Native Americans eradicating them one by one. By 1782 more than 130,000 whites and Native Americans had died.
John Paul Jones
Led the Americans in the most famous naval battle and with a larger British warship.
Charles Cornwallis
The British commander that carried the war into north Carolina and made it seem as if they were unstoppable.
Francis Marion
One of the Guerillas who made quick, efficient attacks and was known as the Swamp Fox.
Daniel Morgan
He took one of nathanael greene’s group, and in 1781 won a clear victory in the battle of the cowpens. Led 800 people West and made a plan that was successful. This plan had people firing three shots then running back, when the British chased them they were met by attacking cavalry.
Benedict Arnold
He was a traitor who left the Patriots and joined the British. He did this because he thought that Congress undervalued him after he bravely fought for the Patriots.
Treaty of Paris
A treaty declaring peace between the Americans and britain.
Yorktown
This was where the Patriots blocked Cornwallis’s main army off and forced him to surrender.
Nathanael Greene
American General -split his army in two -1,200 men into eastern South Carolina and 800 men into the west.
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams (in peace relations)
They were delegates to go to Peace Talks in Paris.
France and their quest for revolution - and Lafayette’s role
The French rebelled and caused the French revolution. The leaders included Lafayette and they looked to the American example
Enlisted
Signed up for duty
Civilians
People not in the military
Confined
:Keep within certain limits.
Continentals
Paper money
Resources
Supply of something to meet a particular need
Privateers
Armed civilian ships that had their government permission to attack enemy ships and keep their goods.
Guerillas
Fighters who work in small bands to make hit and run attacks.
traitor
someone who betrays their country and helps the other side.
How long did the war last after the “shot heard round the world”?
Exactly 8 years
