Von Steuben
What made the British more easy targets?
Red Coats
After __________ more months of fighting, ___________________ surrendered to ____________ on October 17th. This changed the direction of the war.
2
Burgoyne
Gates
The _____________________ Army received its funding from the __________________ ___________________ __________________.
American
Second Continental Congress
What did the French send to America because of the Treaty? ___________, ________________, and _______________
Troops, Warships, and Supplies
Some people, known as _________________, took advantage of the poor wartime economy to hoard goods and sell them at high prices.
Profiteers
The war was very __________________ for Britain. All ________________ and _________________ had to be sent by ship across the ________________ Ocean.
Expensive
Soldiers
Supplies
Atlantic
The British had more soldiers, including __________________ _____________, and _____________ __________________, or people who fight for money.
American Indians
German Mercenaries
In 1777 and 1778, _________________ _________________ worked with the French officials to create the Treaty of ________________.
Benjamin Franklin
Treaty of Alliance
The ____________________ ______________________ presented challenges for both the _____________ and the ____________________. Neither side was ready to fight a war that lasted ______ years.
American Revolution
British
Americans
8 years
The Americans were _______________. General _______________ __________ planned an attack on British forces near _______________, New York.
Prepared
Thomas Gates
Saratoga
Throughout September 1777, ____________________ ___________________ who were hidden in the hillsides shot at any ______________ soldier who tried to fetch water from the Hudson River. This further weakened their army.
American Rifleman
British
Individual __________________ agreed to come to the aid of the ______________ ______________.
Europeans
United States
What did Tadeusz Kosciuszko do?
Fortify Freeman's Farm
British General _________ _______________ believed that capturing the ____________________ ___________ _______________ would fatally weakened the American Army.
John Burgoyne
Hudson River Valley
By mid-October, __________________ troops were greatly ______________ in number. The _____________________ had cut off the ______________ from receiving more supplies and they were running out of __________.
Burgoyne's
Reduced
Americans
British
Food
In 1779, the governor of the Spanish Territory closed the New Orleans port to the ______________ ships and opened it to the __________________ ships.
British
American
Spanish Colonel _________________ ____ __________ led a force to fight the ______________ in the south.
Bernardo De Galvez
British
The war had tremendous ________________ from the civilians in the ________________. To help with the war _____________, civilians made _______________ _______ and _________________. They gathered _________ and __________________ to send to the front.
Support, Colonies, effort, musket balls, blankets, food, and supplies
Washington begged _________________ _____________ for supplies. He was answered with _________________, but very little help arrived.
Continental Congress
Promises
The ____________________ took advantage of the ____________________ weakness to surprise the British in different kinds of _____________, such as _____________ in the South and the ______________ in the North.
Americans
British
Terrain
Swamps and Forrest
Washington used his time in Valley Forge wisely. Groups of _________ soldiers took turns training with _____________ ________ _____________.
100
Baron Von Steuben
What happened on Christmas Night, 1776?
Washington led troops across the Delaware River and defeated the German Mercenaries
While Washington’s troop came to ___________ __________ a _______________, __________ _________, they marched away in _________ as professional soldiers.
Valley Forge
Barefoot, Ragged Group
1778
“The unfortunate soldiers were in need of everything; they had neither ________, _______, ________, nor _______, their feet and legs ____________.”
Coats, Hats, Shirts, nor Shoes
Froze
Of Washington’s 11,000 men in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, how many died that winter? And from what?
2,500
Smallpox, Typhoid, Influenza, Frost Bite, Starvation