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These troops could leave whenever they needed to and were not regular soldiers in the war.
Who were the militia?
These soldiers boasted that they could be ready to fight in sixty seconds.
What were minutemen?
In addition to the Continental Army, this key force allowed the Americans to keep Cornwallis trapped in 1781.
What is the French Navy?
Men was the leader of the British troops who surrendered at Yorktown?
What was the Charles Cornwallis?
This person is remembered for taking the supplies out of Fort Ticonderoga and hauling them to Dorchester Heights for the siege of Boston.
Who is Henry Knox?
After this key battle, the French agreed to become an ally to the colonists.
What was Saratoga?
These men usually operated on their own and were not part of the regular army in the war.
Who were guerilla fighters?
Who played a key role in making the Continental soldiers into an elite fighting machine during the winter at Valley Forge?
Who is Frederick Von Stueben?
What was the name of Thomas Paine's publication that Washington read to his troops during tough times? This persuaded soldiers to keep on fighting.
What is The Crisis?
Who led the Continental army in the south against the British. His strategy of tiring out the British worked well. General Nathaniel __________.
Who was General Nathaniel Greene?
What was the name of the "Swamp Fox"?
Francis _____________
Who was Francis Marion?
Who not only helped give supplies to the Continental Army during Valley Forge, but was a key leader at Yorktown
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
This delegate served as a leader in the Continental Congress and wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?