Study list Flashcards
What are mercenaries?
Troops for hire who are getting paid to fight. An example of this are the Hessians who were German soldiers hired to join the British side.
Who wrote the olive branch petition?
John Dickinson
Who proposed independence and when?
Richard Henry lee of Virginia proposes independence on June 7th 1776
Battle of long island
British general William Howe took over long island and new york city.
Nathan Hale
An American who spied on the British
Fredrich Von Stuben
A Russian drill commander who came to train the continental army.
Casimir Pulaski
He trained the American Cavalry
Battle of Trenton
Washington and 2000 soldiers crossed the Delaware River into nj.
George Rogers Clark
An Indian commissioner and helped to negotiate the Treaty of Fort McIntosh and Fort Finney
John Paul Jones
An American naval captain ( Bonhomme Richard and Yorktown )
Battle of Kings mountain
It resulted in an American victory in South Carolina. It helped turn the tide of the war in the South.
Nathaneal Greene
One of America’s greatest generals from Rhode Island. He was in charge of the continental army in the South.
Daniel Morgan
An American general who helped the defense of the south. Was a rifleman. ( battle of cowpens )
Francis Marion
Known as the swamp fox because he used swamps to his advantage when he fought. He was in charge of the South Carolina militia. Used hit and run tactics to frustrate the British at night.
Comte de Rochambeau
A French general who tracked the British down in Yorktown with Washington and Lafayette, defeating them.
Admiral de Grasse
A French Admiral that surrounded the British at Yorktown.
Who was sent to negotiate peace talks in Paris in 1782?
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams, John Jay and Henry Laurens
