Name that Person
Who was the commander of the Continental Army?
George Washington
An overall plan of action
strategy
Ethan Allen captured this fort from the British.
Fort Ticonderoga
Who was sent to France by the Americans to persuade the French to help the Patriots?
Benjamin Franklin
Long steel knives attached to the ends of guns are called . . .
bayonets
This commander won the most famous naval battle of the Revolutionary War.
John Paul Jones
secret society that opposed British policies
Sons of Liberty
The place that George Washington and his army camped for the winter in 1777 and 1778
Valley Forge
Who was the French man who was given his own American division by George Washington?
Marquis de Lafayette
people who are hired to fight for a foreign country are called . . .
mercenaries
The American general who won the Battle of Saratoga and also lost the Battle at Camden
General Horatio Gates
These were sailors and their privately owned ships which were hired to fight for a country.
privateers
Name the battle at which the worst American defeat of the war came because it gave the British almost complete control of the South.
The Battle of Charles Town
Why did the French and the Spanish join forces with the Americans?
They wanted to defeat the British after losing to them in previous wars.
When soldiers leave the military or active duty without intending to return, it is called . . .
deserting
The British General who lost the Battle of Yorktown
General Charles Cornwallis
groups that exchanged letters on colonial affairs
This battle was significant because it proved that the inexperienced Americans could hold their own in a fight against the British.
Battle of Bunker Hill
Name three ways the French and the Spanish helped the Americans in their fight against the British.
supplies (guns, ammunition, food, etc)
money and loans
offered military training/expertise
sent troops
forced the British to fight on multiple fronts
Name the author AND document that helped convince many Americans to support the split with Britain.
Thomas Paine and Common Sense
The man who waged war against the British on the Western Frontier
George Rogers Clark
Guerrilla warfare
To take advantage of support from many Loyalists, the British decided to start fighting, where?
in the South
Who was General Cornwallis surrounded by at the Battle of Yorktown?
the Americans on land and the French at sea
This was the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War.
the Treaty of Paris of 1783