Vocabulary
To agree to serve in an army or a navy.
What is to enlist?
Was made up of volunteers, most of which were farmers, merchants, and workers.
What was the Continental army?
Confident that it would soon end the revolution and regain control of the colonies.
What was Great Britain?
He said, "I have not yet begun to fight!" while preparing to board the British warship Serapis.
Who was Captain John Paul Jones?
A soldier hired to fight for a foreign army.
What is a mercenary?
Was asked by the Second Continental Congress to lead a new army in 1775.
Who was George Washington?
Had 270 warships and built over 200 more during the war.
What was the British navy?
They helped the Continental army by running the farms and businesses, brought supplies to the camps, made uniforms, and worked as nurses. They also spied among the British.
Who were the American women?
The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.
What is a revolution?
As a result of this, volunteers were poorly supplied with uniforms, guns, and food. They also knew very little about being soldiers.
What is Congress had little money?
This was large and well trained. It had experienced fighters who were paid to serve full-time.
What was the British army?
This tactic helped colonists gain an advantage over the British.
What is Washington sneaking his troops across the Delaware River in the Battle of Trenton.
An overall plan for winning a war, such as how and where to use an army or navy.
What is a strategy?
This was even smaller than the the army and made up of trade and fishing ships that carried only a few cannons.
What was the colonial navy?
This had money to buy food and weapons for its army so each soldier was given a uniform, a musket, and a bayonet.
What was the British Parliament?
This German soldier played a key role in training colonial troops.
Who was Friedrich von Steuben?
A planned action, such as a way of moving or using troops, aimed at reaching a certain goal.
What is a tactic?
These men could be ready to fight in a minute's time.
What were Minutemen?
Thousands of these joined the British because since 1763, they had helped protect lands from settlers.
Who were American Indians?
These were a major turning point in the war after colonists had defeated British troops, France declared war on Britain, Spain pledged to support France, and Dutch banks loaned the Americans money.
What were the Battles of Saratoga.