Key Words
Signed up to fight
What is enlist?
People not in the military but helped Americans in their war efforts
What are civilians?
A teacher who served as an American spy in New York City
Who was Nathan Hale?
The first battle fought after the Declaration of Independence was signed
What is the Battle of Long Island?
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
Who was George Washington?
Someone who acts against his or her country
What is a traitor?
A soldier who was hired to fight in the war
What is a mercenary?
Traveled from France to join the Continental Army; he spent his own money to buy warm clothes for the soldiers he led
Who was Marquis de Lafayette?
The first battle of the war in which the French publicly helped the Americans in their war efforts; it was a frontier battle
What is the Battle of Vincennes?
Navy Admiral who fought the British in the North Sea off the coast of Britain
Who was John Paul Jones?
An event that causes an important change.
What is a turning point?
He came over from Spain to fight in the Continental Army and then later became an officer in the Navy
Who was Jorge Farragut?
A German soldier who taught the American troops at Valley Forge better ways to march and fight and how to work together, giving them confidence as well
Who was Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben?
This battle was the turning point in the war; an American victory here helped urge France to join America publicly in their war efforts
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army in the South at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, NC
Who was Nathanael Greene?
A series of military actions carried out for a goal
What is a campaign?
The governor of Spanish Louisiana who helped America by sending guns, food, and money; he also gained control of the Mississippi River
Who was Bernardo de Galvez?
This country gave a loan to Congress
What is the Netherlands?
This battle was the first battle fought in the South
What is the Battle of Savannah?
British general who surrendered to Washington at the Battle of Yorktown, thus ending the war
Who was General Charles Cornwallis?
To try to reach an agreement among different countries and people
What is to negotiate?
He left Poland to serve in the Continental Army, and he helped design the plan for a fort at West Point, NY that's now part of the United States Military Academy
Who was Tadeusz Kosciuszko?
This country kept the British from blockading trade with the Americans
What is Russia?
This battle was the worst defeat for the Americans in the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Charles Town?
It was signed in 1783 to officially end the Revolutionary War and for Britain to officially recognize America as a new nation
What is the Treaty of Paris?