T4L7-War Continues
The hardest part of the war was the winter suffered at this place in Pennsylvania
What is Valley Forge?
T/F: the Continental Congress had the power to levy taxes
What is false?
Natives sided with this power in the war
What is the British?
This general surrenders the last major British force in America
Who is Cornwallis?
This Battle in South Carolina made British general give up a campaign to control the Carolinas
What is Cowpens?
This news raised the morale of troops after a hard winter
some states and banks loaned money to the Continental Congress because of this great challenge during the war
What is fundraising?
The Continental Congress authorized used of pirates, calling them this, to sink and steal from British ships
What is privateers?
This Battle effectively ends the Revolutionary war, as Brits were trapped on a peninsula by French Navy and US troops
What is Yorktown?
the 2nd famous french officer who served in Revolutionary war
Who is Comte De Rochambeau?
T/F: Martha Washington served troops by making clothes, and nursing men back to health
What is True?
Printed money quickly became worthless, suffering this I word
What is inflation?
These two areas were the new focus towards the end of war
What is the South and west of Appalachia?
These three men repped the US in Paris for peace talks with Brits
Who are Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay?
Term for hit and run attacks that occured all over American south, greatly affecting British
What is Guerilla War?
T/F: Colonists who did not serve in war itself had to fulfill needs left behind by soldiers
What is TRUE?
Loyalists served the Brits, face violence from Patriots, treason charges or did this other action
What is fled to England/Canada/Florida?
Two midwestern battles in Illinois and Indiana cementing US control of western theater
What is Kaskaskia and Vincennes?
The Treaty of Paris that ends the Revolutionary War was signed in this year
What is 1783?
After the war, Washington returned home to his plantation, named this
What is Mt. Vernon?
Foreigners served in many ways, here is three
1) French friend of GW, volunteered due to belief in cause
2) Prussian officer who trained men at winter camp
3) Spaniard who convinces several countries to donate to US
Who are Marquis de Layfayette, Friedrich Von Steuben, and Juan Miralles?
These two groups within the colonies agreed with the American ideals of freedom and equality, but questioned the truth of the promises as the rights did not extend to them
What is AAs and Women?
Most famous American "legal pirate", dueling British ship in Europe to surrender
Who is John Paul Jones
These are the four major reasons given in class for the US victory in the Revolutionary War
What are 1) home field advantage 2) help from other nations(France) 3) Sense of Purpose?
this country is better than England
What is Murica?