Generals
Who was the leading commander of the Continental army?
Turning point
The Soldiers used the tactics called ________ tactics
linear
What was the primary weapon used by both sides?
muskets
What ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris.
Who was George Washington's most trusted lieutenant, who served in the Battles of Trenton, Princeton, Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Springfield?
Nathanael Greene
Burgoyne's men dealt with a devastating loss to the Americans by retaking Fort Ticonderoga, while Howe decided to move his troops southward from New York to confront Washington's army near the _________ Bay.
Chesapeake
Muskets were horribly inaccurate, so soliders would shoot together to create a wall of bullets, know as __________.
musket balls
The Brown Bess muskets weighed around how much and how long was the barrel?
10 pounds and had a 46 inch barrel
Britain recognized the independence of the US with western boundaries to the _______ river and ceded Florida to Spain.
Mississippi
Who was General William Howe?
He was the commander in chief of the British Army.
Where did Washingtons Army stay for the winter and train into better soldiers?
Valley Forge
reload and fire
It took the average soldier around 15 to 20 seconds to reload the musket allowing him to fire ___ to ____ shots a minute.
3 to 4.
With the American Revolution ending, the ____________________ were created.
Articles of Confederation
At the Battle of Brandywine, Cornwallis outflanked Washington's defensive position after they been outmaneuvered at the Battle of _________ (January 3, 1777) by George Washington.
Princeton
Greene's American forced managed to force Cornwallis and his men to Virginia's Yorktown peninsula where they were trapped by the Chesapeake Bay, 36 French warships & Washingtons 14,000 men. This lead Cornwallis to ________.
Surrender.
Most American soliders were _____ and _______ and were not professional trained soldiers.
merchants and farmers
Bayonet.
What was montesquieu?
The spirit of laws book written in 1748.
Benedict Arnold was involved with treason why?
He has spied on the continental army for the British.
After the Battle of Yorktown there was no clear victory because of the British forces still located innCharleston and New York. British and American negotiators met in Paris and sign the _______________, which granted independence to the United States.
Treaty of Paris
In the beginning of the war, much of the army did not have uniforms, only _______ who could afford them wore their blue coats.
officers.
A much more accurate weapon was used towards the end of the American Revolution known as the __________. This was much more accurate but took much longer to reload.
Rifle.
Land was taken back from the ________ and allowed the US to sell and pay back the American revolution.