Early Battles
Fighting began here in 1775.
Lexington and Concord
This 1777 victory is called the turning point.
Saratoga
This Prussian officer trained the army at Valley Forge.
Friedrich von Steuben
Britain expected help from these people in the South.
Loyalists
This treaty formally ended the war.
Treaty of Paris
Britain captured this city in 1776, but Washington saved his army.
New York
This British general surrendered at Saratoga.
Burgoyne
This French noble suggested attacking Yorktown.
Lafayette
About 5,500 Americans were taken prisoner at this city.
Charlestown
Year the Treaty of Paris was signed.
1783
Washington won this battle on December 26, 1776, using surprise.
Trenton
Saratoga convinced this country to become an ally.
France
Washington sent this general to fight in the South.
Nathanael Greene
American victory in the South, January 1781.
Cowpens
A belief in equality.
Egalitarianism
Washington used deception and quick movement before this battle on January 3, 1777.
Princeton
This was a winter camp, not a battle.
Valley Forge
This British general surrendered at Yorktown.
Cornwallis
A French fleet defeated a British fleet in this bay.
Chesapeake Bay
Government of the people, not a king.
Republic
Why was it smart to lose New York but save the army?
The army could keep fighting; no army = no war
Name two hardships at Valley Forge.
Cold, illness and shortages
Name the three U.S. peace negotiators.
Franklin, Adams, Jay
Exact date of the Yorktown surrender.
October 19, 1781
Who was left out of the new equality? Name two groups.
Enslaved African Americans, women, Native Americans (any two)