WAR 1
To approve
ratify
Sewed the first Stars and Stripes
Betsy Ross
Hit and run tactics
Guerrilla warefare
A person who betrays their country.
Traitor
Formed political alliances to achieve a common goal
Ally
Rights that belong to all people from birth.
Natural Rights
Troops on horseback
Cavalry
First major battle of the Revolutionary War
Bunker Hill
Final conflict of the Revolutionary War
Battle of Yorktown
Worked for hire as a professional soldier
Mercenary
Name the three parts of the Declaration of Independence
Natural Rights, British Wrongs, Independence
According to the Treaty of Paris, which country received Florida
Spain
When an army surrounds and blockades an enemy position.
Siege
How did Britain try to persuade enslaved Africans to join their army?
Offered them freedom
The right to be free and to choose how to live.
Unalienable Rights
Who was the Patriot who seized forts in the Ohio River Valley?
George Rogers Clark
Name the Prussian soldier who helped train and drill American troops.
Friedrich von Steuben
Name the local battle that wiped out an entire settlement.
Battle of Wyoming
Name the battle that began with Washington's crossing of the Delaware River
Battle of Trenton
Who said that he is now "convinced of the necessity of separation"
Richard Henry Lee
Who was the American Captain who captured the British warship the Serapis?
Captain John Paul Jones
Name three Patriot Advantages.
Washington's leadership
Defending their homes
Owned their own weapons
Name the Battle that was the turning point in the war.
Battle of Saratoga
Name three advantages for the British.
Well trained army
Best Navy in the world
Loyalist support
Name the battle where General Morgan used unconventional war tactics.
Battle of Cowpens