Lesson 1
What is a mercenary?
Hired soldier
Who did the Continental Army send to deliver the news of the American victory in Saratoga?
Jonathan Austin
What is a blockade?
Measure that keeps a country from communicating and trading with other nations
What did Lord Dunmore promise to the African Americans if they joined the British cause?
Freedom
What is inflation?
Takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods
Why did more Native Americans side with the British during the war?
They seemed less of a threat and they were not living or trying to take their land
What advantages did the Patriots have over the Loyalist?
Fighting on their own ground, the British had to spend money to ship soldiers and supplies, and the Patriots were more motivated because they were fighting for their freedom.
Had to take care of their families by themselves and they had to run farms or businesses without any help.
Who was the naval officer who caused the Serapis to surrender?
John Paul Jones
What advantages did the British have over the Patriots in the war?
Strongest navy in the world, supported by the wealth of the empire, and had 8 million more people compared to the Patriots.
How did Marquis Lafayette help the Patriot cause?
He agreed to serve without pay and became a trusted aide to Washington
What was the tactic called where Patriot soldiers would appear suddenly, fire their weapons, and disappear?
Hit-and-run
What was the only state that did not enlist African American soldiers to fight?
South Carolina
What governor of New Jersey asked his government to free all enslaved people?
William Livingston
Who was known as the "hair buyer"? Why was he known as this?
Henry Hamilton. He paid Native Americans for settlers' scalps
What did the British's three-pronged battle plan consist of? Why did they want to control the Hudson River?
Seize Albany, New York, and gain control of the Hudson River.
If they controlled the Hudson, they would cut off New England from the Middle Colonies
How did the Continental Congress raise/get money? It eventually lost its value.
They printed hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of paper money
Who and how did this person help George Rogers Clark capture the key posts of Kaskaskia and Vincennes?
Bernardo de Galvez. He had tons of supplies and ammunition shipped up to the Mississippi River to American troops in the Northwest Territory