chapter 6
The winter of these years was a difficult time for Washington and his men.
1777 to 1778
In August 1781, Cornwallis and his men camped at this Virginia town.
Yorktown
This Scottish sea captain shouted, "I have not yet begun to fight!"
John Paul Jones
The Continental Army marched out of Valley Forge in this month of 1778.
June
Ichabod hoped to win this girl, the only child of a rich farmer.
Katrina Van Tassel
This European country joined the war in February 1778 to fight alongside the Continental Army
France
Washington sent out these to make the British think he would attack New York.
Fake messages
Kościuszko came from this country and helped win the Battle of Saratoga.
Poland
The French military entered the war in this month of 1778.
February
Deborah Sampson used this name when she signed up for the army.
Robert Shurtlief
This German taught the Continental soldiers how to march and use bayonets.
Von Steuben
Washington arrived at Yorktown with 4,000 French soldiers and this many Continental soldiers.
3,000
This schoolteacher from Connecticut agreed to spy on the British army in New York City.
Nathan Hale
n this year, John Paul Jones's ship Bonhomme Richard fought the British ship Serapis.
1779
This freed enslaved person fought in the Battles of Concord and Lexington and the Battle of Bunker Hill
Peter Salem
Von Steuben knew only a few words of this language, so someone translated his commands.
English
On this date in 1781, Cornwallis accepted he had no choice but to surrender.
October 19, 1781
This young Frenchman was a major in the Continental Army and helped win the Battle of Yorktown
Marquis de Lafayette
In this year, Benedict Arnold made a plan to surrender the colonial fort at West Point to the British.
1780
This woman melted down her pewter dishes so the metal could be used to make bullets.
Mary Draper
Washington sent out these parties to gather cattle, horses, corn, hay, and grains from local people
foraging parties
In September 1783, the British signed this peace treaty.
the Treaty of Paris
James Lafayette Armistead became a servant to this British lord in order to spy on him.
Lord Cornwallis
In this year, a monument was built in Framingham, Massachusetts, to honor Peter Salem.
1882
This man from Massachusetts was at Yorktown and wrote an account of the surrender.
James Thatcher