Road to Independence
This pamphlet convinced many undecided colonists that independence was the only logical choice
This surprise attack raised Patriot morale even though it wasn’t a major strategic victory.
Battle of Trenton
This Frenchman became Washington’s “adopted son” and helped trap Cornwallis at Yorktown.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
Yorktown is located in which state?
Virginia
This group of Patriot women supported the war by boycotting British goods and making their own cloth.
Daughters of Liberty
At this meeting, delegates created the Continental Army and chose Washington as commander
Second Continental Congress
This 1777 American victory convinced France to join the war on the Patriot side.
Battle of Saratoga
This Prussian officer trained and reorganized the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
Who is Baron von Steuben
This British general became trapped and was forced to surrender.
Cornwallis
How did the British convince African Americans to fight for them?
Promised them freedom
Why did George Washington want Congress to declare independence?
To convince France to help
Name one American disadvantage at the start of the war.
What is a shortage of supplies, lack of training, or not enough soldiers?
This Polish officer is known as the “Father of the American Cavalry.”
Who is Casimir Pulaski
This geographic feature made escape nearly impossible.
Peninsula
List 2 ways that women helped the Continental Army
What is sewing uniforms, making bullets, cooking, cleaning, nursing the sick/injured, raising money, running farms and businesses, or acting as spies?
This colony's vote was tied until Caesar Rodney rode 80 miles in a storm to break the tie
Delawar
Name 1 disadvantage the British had in the war
Lacked support in England, hard to delivery news and supplies from across the Atlantic Ocean, Lacked understanding of the terrain
This Spanish governor captured British forts along the Gulf Coast and supplied gunpowder to the Patriots.
Who is Bernardo de Gálvez
What role did the French play in the battle of Yorktown?
The French fleet blocked the Chesapeake Bay, preventing British escape
How did the Revolutionary War impact African Americans?
They started to question slavery since it went against the Declaration of Independence
Name one reason why John Dickinson disapproved of a declaration of independence
Middle Colonies wouldn't support it, America would lose the frontier to Natives, other European powers may gain control of America
This country secretly supplied tons of gunpowder and supplies up the Mississippi River early in the war.
Spain
What important thing did Rochambeau do that would turn the tide of the war?
Convinced Washington to attack Yorktown instead of New York
What was the major importance of this battle?
Last major battle of the Revolution
This person took the job of her husband when he died in battle
Mary Pitcher