Vocabulary
A formal agreement between two powers to work together towards a common goal
Led guerilla attacks against the British in the South
Who is Francis Marion?
This battle was a major turning point in the Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This country was the first to sign a treaty of alliance with the United States.
What is France?
The contents of the first main section of the Declaration of Independence
What are general ideas about society and government?
A civilian ship that has its government's permission to raid enemy ships
What is a privateer?
Wrote a pro-independence pamphlet titled Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine
This occurred on the day after Christmas in 1776.
What is Washington's successful attack on Trenton?
This left fewer British troops to fight in North America.
What is fighting between France and Britain in Europe?
This was the main purpose of the Declaration of Independence
What is to declare the separation of the United States from Britain?
He was a Patriot spy during the fight for New York.
Who was Nathan Hale?
This was the British commander who surrendered at Yorktown.
Who was Cornwallis?
What is Yorktown?
The American Revolution inspired revolutionary movements in these two locations.
What are France and Latin America?
During the Revolution, most Native groups took this side.
What is the British?
The Virginia resolution, proclaiming that the colonies were "free and independent states", was introduced by him to Congress.
Who was Richard Henry Lee?
His ideas of the Enlightenment influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
These fighters work in small bands and make hit-and-run attacks
What are guerillas?
These are four reasons why the Patriots won the war.
What are geography, patriotic spirit, foreign assistance, and leadership?
This area was returned to Spain in 1783.
What is Florida?
This was paper money printed by Congress.
What were continentals?
These were the four signers of the Declaration of Independence from Connecticut
Who were Sherman, Williams, Wolcott, and Huntington?
The approval of this by Congress marked the official end of the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This was the approximate number of African Americans who served on the American Side in the war.
What is 7,000?
These were the 4 boundaries of the United States after the Revolution.
What are Canada, The Mississippi River, The Atlantic Ocean, and Florida?