Vocab
a plan of action
strategy
Leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
Loyalist support was strongest in
Carolinas and Georgia
What was the name given to Americans who supported independence?
Patriots
The Hessins main goal for winning the war was
Money
Hired Soldiers
Mercenary
Famous American Naval Captain
John Paul Jones
Worst American defeat of the war
Charles Town
The Americans agreed to allow British merchants to collect debts owed to them in the
Treaty of Paris
Which man did not represent the Americans at the peace talks in Independence? Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams or John Jay?
George Washington
merchant warships
privateers
Stood up for women's interest
Abigail Adams
In 1777 William Howe captured what city, causing the Congress to flee?
Philadelphia
The French announced support for the United States after the American victory at
Saratoga
Where did the Patriot forces endure a winter of terrible suffering?
Valley Forge
hit-and-run war technique
Guerrilla Warfare
British Commander of Southern forces
Charles Cornwallis
British Mercenaries
Hessians
On Christmas night 1776, the Patriots were victorious at
Germantown
The French nobleman who became Washington’s trusted aide was
Marquis de Lafayette
Another name for loyalist
Tories
Gained the nickname hair buyer awarded Native Americans with presents if they brought American scalps back to Fort Detroit
Henry Hamilton
George Rogers Clark forced Henry Hamilton’s surrender at
Vincennes
The British agreed to recognize the United States as an independent nation after the victory at
Yorktown
French Commander
Comte de Rochambeau