Revolutionary War

Important Men

100

a continental Army officer who became a traitor

Benedict Arnold

200

a British general who set up headquarters in Yorktown

Charles Cornwallis

300

an enslaved person who was a spy for George Washington

James Armistead

400

20 year old Frenchman who joined the Continental Army

Marquis de Lafayette

500

General in the Continental Army who said, "We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again."

Nathanael Greene

Places

100

site of the last major battle and British headquarters

Yorktown

200

these states made up the Northwest Territory

Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana Michigan, Ohio

300

winter encampment of the Continental Army under George Washington

Valley Forge

400

fort in New York; present day US Military Academy

West Point

500

site of an important battle that the British lost; turning point of the war

Saratoga

Terms

100

people not in the military

civilian

200

colonist who supported independence

patriot

300

an event that causes an important change

turning point

400

a rise in the price of all goods

inflation

500

anti slavery group

abolitionist

Important Women

100

traveled to be with her husband George from battle to battle

Martha Washington

200

Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley's nickname

Molly Pitcher

300

16 year old who traveled 40+ miles to warn colonists

Sybil Ludington

400

argued for freedom and cared for homeless children

Abigail Adams

500

an enslaved woman who sued to be free and won her freedom

Elizabeth Freeman

Potpourri

100

hired soldiers

mercenary

200

set of laws

ordinance

300

a person who served in the military

veteran

400

American navy commander who said, "I have not yet begun to fight!"

John Paul Jones

500

dressed in men's clothes so she could fight

Deborah Sampson