Advantages and Allies
What does strategy mean?
A plan
Which 2 colonies did the Loyalists help the British gain control of?
Georgia and South Carolina
Who is the man pictured on page 177 of your book?
James Armistead
What is a peninsula?
A piece of land nearly surrounded by water
Finish the saying " No taxation..."
Without Representation
What is one reason the Americans were winning the war?
They were fighting on their own land. They knew the geography and made good use of it.
Francis Marion was a southern patriot who was famous for attacking the British with a small group of men. They striked quickly then retreated into the woods or swamps. What was Marion's nickname because of that strategy?
Swamp Fox
Peter Salem was an African American who gained his freedom by fighting with the Patriots. In which 2 battles did he fight?
The battle of Bunker Hill and the Battle of Saratoga
While Washington and the American and French soldiers he led from New York to Yorktown to attack British soldiers, the British troops became trapped. How did the British troops become trapped?
French ships sailed into the Chesapeake Bay outside of Yorktown.
What was the Boston Tea Party about?
The British was putting unfair taxes on the colonists, including taxes on tea, so the colonies dumped the tea in the sea as a boycott.
Who arrived in Philadelphia 2 years after the American revolution began? This person was also made a major general in the Continental army.
Marquis de Lafayette
In what year did Nathanael Greene take command of the American Army in the South.
1780
British officials offered what to slaves if they fought for Great Britain?
They offered to free any slaves that fought for Great Britain
What day did Cornwallis's army surrender to Washington?
October 19th 1781
Who was the president of congress and was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
Which country was one of the United States' first allies?
France
George Rogers Clark captured Fort Vincennes which is in present day where?
Indiana
What job did James Armistead work as in the war?
Patriot spies
Who won the war?
The United States of America?
Who did France support in the war? The Patriots or the British?
They supported the Patriots
Who helped the patriots by providing money and supplies as well as attacking British forts in Baton Rouge, Natchez, Mobile, and Pensacola?
Bernardo de Galvez
When John Paul Jones attacked a British ship, they fought for many hours. Who was the side that surrendered? The Patriots or the British?
The British surrendered to Jones
On what side did African Americans fight in the war? The patriots or the British?
Both!
After the war, who met with British officials to negotiate, or reach an agreement on, the Treaty of Paris?
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay
This was the secret group of men (consisting of famous men like Paul Revere, John Hancock, and Samuel Adams among others) that lead the early stages of rebellion against the British.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?