Define It
The Fight
Still Fighting
Peace
Other Stuff
100
the overthrow of a government
What is a revolution?
100
Valley Forge
What is where did Washington's army spend the winter of 1778?
100
had to fight on unfamiliar land
What is a weakness of the British army?
100
their numbers increased
What happened to the number of free African-Americans after the American Revolution?
100
the forts in Ohio River Valley
What were the forts George Rogers Clark was able to capture in 1778?
200
not supporting either side in a war
What is neutral?
200
they felt enthusiasm for the cause
What is what was a strength of the Patriots?
200
poorly trained, ill-equipped troops
What is a weakness of the Patriot army?
200
The Mississippi River became the western boundary
What is what happened to the United States as a result of the Treaty of Paris?
200
when one country involves itself with events inside another
What is an intervention?
300
a person sent by his or her government to talk with other governments
What is a diplomat?
300
Native Americans supported the British
What is one of the strengths of the British during the war?
300
they hoped to get support from southern Loyalists
What is why the British wanted to move the war to the south?
300
no matter which side they were on, they lost their land
What is how were the lives of Native Americans affected after the Revolution?
300
Volunteers from Spanish territory in Louisiana attacked the British
What is what role did Spain play in the war?
400
to talk to someone in order to reach an agreement to bargain
What is negotiate?
400
crush the Patriots quickly
What is the British plan to win the war?
400
the French Nobleman who fought alongside George Washington
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
400
The Americans didn't completely trust the French
What is why did the US and France make separate peace treaties with Great Britain?
400
The victory at Saratoga, because it made France believe in the possibility of a Patriot victory
What is why did France enter the war on the side of the Patriots?
500
a soldier who fights in a foreign army just to earn money
What is a mercenary?
500
fight when you have to and then retreat
What is George Washington's war strategy?
500
Britain could not send as many troops to fight the colonists
What is how did the French intervention change the war?
500
they hoped to claim their rights as Americans to be free
What did African Americans hope to accomplish with their freedom suits?
500
The Patriots knew their way around the countryside and used hit and run attacks. The British preferred having two armies face each other.
What is the difference between the way the British and Patriots fought?
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