Famous Battles
This "sneak attack" at night by George Washington saw the Continental Army defeat the Hessians.
The Battle of Trenton
This specific advantage for the American side involved fighting on their own land.
Home Field Advantage
This document served as the very first constitution of the United States.
The Articles of Confederation
This 1783 treaty officially gave Americans their independence and land East of the Mississippi River.
The Treaty of Paris
This was the nickname for women who helped on the battlefield as nurses, cooks, or seamstresses.
Molly Pitchers
This conflict is considered the start of the American Revolution and resulted in a Colonist victory.
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
While the Americans had a weak central government, they were motivated by this.
A powerful reason for fighting.
One major weakness of this government was that it could not force the states to do this.
It could not force states to obey its laws
This is the specific year the Articles of Confederation were finally ratified.
1781.
Many Native American groups supported the British because the British tried to stop Americans from doing this.
The British tried to keep Americans from taking over Native American lands.
This victory for the Colonists is known as the "turning point" because it officially convinced France to support the Americans.
The Battle of Saratoga
This leader is cited as a major strength for the American side during the war.
The Leadership of George Washington
Authors of the Articles created a weak central government primarily to prevent the "abuse of power" they experienced under this country's rule.
o prevent the abuses of power that existed under British rule
This law provided a successful system for governing Western territories and a process for them to become states.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
This was the name of the camp where Americans spent the winter of 1777-78 training to be a professional army.
Valley Forge
Although it was a British victory, this first major battle resulted in heavy casualties for Great Britain.
The Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)
Unlike the Americans, the British army was made up of these types of soldiers whose actual job was to fight.
The Hessians (Professional Soldiers).
Under the Articles, it was very difficult to pass laws because this many states had to agree.
9 out of 13 (Majority)
This event was held in 1787 for the primary purpose of revising or fixing the Articles of Confederation.
The Constitutional Convention
This British proclamation was designed to persuade enslaved African Americans to fight for the British side.
The Dunmore Proclamation
In this final battle of the Revolution, British forces surrendered after being trapped on a peninsula by American troops and French ships.
The Battle of Yorktown
Knowing the land allowed American fighters to use this tactic, which involved hiding to ambush the enemy.
Guerilla Warfare (Ambush Tactics)
This 1787 uprising demonstrated that the Articles were too weak and needed to be changed.
Shay's Rebellion
The most important provision of the Treaty of Paris to the colonists was that the U.S. was recognized as this kind of nation.
The U.S. was recognized as an independent and sovereign nation
Helping America allowed this country to damage Great Britain, its longtime enemy.
France