Turning Point
The river that Washington crossed in a freezing storm on Christmas Night.
What is the Delaware River
The Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
The type of fighting that the Swamp Fox used.
What is guerrilla warfare?
What battle was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
What was America’s first government called?
The Articles of Confederation.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
The nickname given to Francis Marion.
Who is the Swamp Fox
The place where Francis Marion (the Swamp Fox) hid from the British.
Who was the British general who surrendered at Yorktown?
General Cornwallis
What was one big problem with the Articles?
Too weak / couldn’t tax / states argued / etc. (accept any correct one)
The battle that convinced France to join the war.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The general who betrayed the Americans and joined the British.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
Why did the British move the war to the South?
They thought there were more Loyalists there and it would be easier.
Which country helped the Americans trap the British at Yorktown?
France
Why was America in debt after the war?
They had borrowed money and still owed the soldiers.
The winter camp for Americans that was freezing, starving, and miserable for soldiers.
What is Valley Forge?
The ally who joined the war after Saratoga.
What is France?
What did the Swamp Fox's quick attacks and escapes do for the Americans?
Kept the fight alive in the South/ frustrated the British.
What did Cornwallis wave to show he surrendered?
Where did leaders meet in 1787 to fix the government?
Philadelphia.
The man who trained the American soldiers at Valley Forge to become a real army.
Who is Baron Von Steuben?
What was one major problem the British had fighting in the South?
They didn't know the land well, or they couldn't catch the guerrilla fighters.
What treaty officially ended the war?
The Treaty of Paris (1783).
What important document did they begin writing at that meeting?
The Constitution.