The group that was MOST divided in its support of the Patriots' war effort.
Who were the African Americans?
Civilian volunteer militia
Who were the minutemen?
The author of Common Sense.
Who was Thomas Paine?
The reasons thousands of African Americans signed up with the British Army.
What is they were offered freedom for their service?
This battle encouraged other nations to join the Patriots.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
An early battle that proved the colonists good put up a good fight against the British.
What was the Battle of Lexington?
The way the 2nd Continental Congress decided to handle the British.
What is to create the Continental Army to fight the British?
The reason Spain became an ally to the Patriots.
What is Spain wanted to regain Florida from Britain?
It was signed in 1783 and recognized that the US was independent from Great Britain.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Before the Battle of New Jersey, Patriot leaders fought defensively because of this.
What is their supplies would last longer?
Among the colonists this group made the greatest contribution to the war effort.
Who were the soldiers?
The British soldier were called this because of what they wore.
What are Redcoats?
He was named The Swamp Fox.
Who was Francis Marion?
The main challenge the Patriots faced at sea.
What is too few ships to fight large battles against the British?
The main challenge the Patriots had at sea.
What is too few ships?
Colonists who remained loyal to Britain.
Who were the Loyalists?
The Battle of Trenton was different because the Patriots did this.
What is go on the offensive?
Sons of Liberty were this.
What is a group of Patriots who protested British laws?
Bernado de Galvez helped the Patriots by doing this.
What is supplying them with arms and military aid and launched a campaign along the Gulf Coast?
The effect Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense, have on colonial leaders.
What is inspired them to challenge British authority?
The event that led to the meeting of the 1st Continental Congress.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
In addition to the recognition of the US being independent from Britain, there were two other terms.
Those two terms were these.
What is the establishment of US boundaries to the Mississippi River and granting fishing rights off the coast of Nova Scotia?
The battle in New Jersey was important to General Washington because of this.
What is the soldiers' contracts were about to end and he knew the soldiers would not join?
Common Sense changed the way many people viewed their king in this way.
What is to support independence from Britain?