Battles
A turning point in the war that brought in the French. Bourgogne defeated.
Saratoga
One of the reasons that North American colonists did not feel they needed a strong economic connection to Britain is that they had their own:
manufacturing
Most importantly, the Treaty of Paris 1783 did this (even though Britain still held forts in the Great Lakes region)
American Independence
British troops angered Southern farmers while committing this act (stealing for military purposes)
Finessing
Continental Army commander in the South
Nathanial Greene
Captured by Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain boys; cannon moved to Boston
Ticonderoga
As colonists began to accept the ideals of revolution this became the rally cry
Liberty!
This body of water became an international waterway as a stipulation of the Treaty of Paris
Mississippi River
The Continental Army was most successful in this strategy to defeat the British
Cutting supply lines
A major benefactor of the Continental Army; large land-owner in the tidewater region
Martha Custis Washington
Southern port seized with ease as it was occupied by Loyalists
Charleston
Many colonists accepted British governance, preferring it to Dutch, Spanish, or control
French
The American delegation at the Treaty of Paris 1783 was controversial because they did this
Negotiating SEPARATELY with the British, French, and Spanish
Why the Articles of Confederation were not an effective government
No power to tax
British general who initially refused to surrender, but after two days and being unable to retreat at Yorktown.
Cornwallis
The Christmas battle of Trenton, a success for the Continental Army, was the first of a series of battles in this campaign
New Jersey Campaign
Most colonists felt this was about the revolution
Indifferent/apathetic
Separate negotiations at the Paris peace talks was a violation of this agreement
Franco-American Alliance of 1778
Main component of the right to vote
property
Key to Washington's military success that involved merchants and housewives
Spy network
The turning point in the South that was fought between colonial militias
King's Mountain
The ideal that women were to instill republican virtues and civil responsibility into their sons
Republican Motherhood
The 3 American delegates at the Paris Peace Talks of 1783
Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, John Adams
Political beliefs that drove many to the Patriot cause
republicanism
Before the war of 1812, Americans identified __ and __, not nationally
Locally and regionally