Test 5 Flashcards
Don’t fire until you see the white of their eyes
William Prescott
Advantages to the Americans
- Fighting for independence
2. Leadership of Washington
Disadvantages of the American
- Poorly trained army/ no navy
2. Very little money for supplies
Two disadvantages of the British
- Unfamiliar territory
2. Mercenary soldiers
Advantages of the British
- Best trained army / navy
2, unlimited supplies
3 reasons why people remained loyal
- Jobs
- Wealth
- They thought the British can win
Last battle of the rev
Yorktown
3 results of rev
- U.s independence
- New society where people can rule themselves
- Americans started to question slavery
What treaty ended the rev
Treaty of Paris
E pluribus unum
Out of many people there’s one nation
U.s motto
Payed foreigners were called
Hessian
Act the British stopped all trading ports
Probability act
Oldest alliance
American and France
Swamp fox
Francis Marion
American naval hero
John Paul jones
American General
Nathaniel Greene
British General
Charles Cornwallis
Disguised as a male to fight in the continental army
Deborah Sampson
In charge of raising money for the Americans
Haymaker salomen
Trained / disciplined the amer. Army
Friedrich Von Lafayette
Close aid to Washington ( french )
Friedrich Von Steuben
American spy
Nathan hale
Hero of Sarasota but later own be a traitor to am.
Benedict Arnold
Af am. Fought in bunker hill
Peter Salem
Unofficial colonial spokesman
Ben Franklin
Leader of the continental army
Washington
British commander
William Howe
Made the American flag
Betsy Ross
Am. Leader who defeated the native Americans
George Rogers Clark
Let the Native American army
Joseph Bryant
1st govt who served as the American during the war
2nd continental
Wigs
Patriots
Tories
Loyalists
How did the am. Pay off their debt
Print money
Barrow from foreign countries
Why did the native fight for the British
British promise them that they can move up the Appalachian mountains