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Who helped the Continental Army by training soldiers at Valley Forge?
Friedrich von Steuben
Who said "I have not yet begun to fight!"?
Captain John Paul Jones
After what battle did Charles Cornwallis surrender?
Yorktown
Why did Hessians fight for the British army?
money
Why did money lose its value when the Continental Congress printed too much of it?
inflation
Who was the Frenchman who fought for free with the Patriots and was inspired by the ideas of freedom?
Marquis de Lafayette
Who was the French commander at Yorktown?
Rochambeau
Where did the Continental Army encamp for the winter of 1777 and suffered the harsh weather?
Valley Forge
Which foreign troops helped defeat the British at Yorktown?
French
What was the turning point of the war where John Burgoyne surrendered?
Battle of Saratoga
Americans who remained loyal to Britain were called...
loyalists
What are private merchant ships who attacked British merchants ships called?
privateers
Who kept troops motivated while facing harsh weather in the winter of 1777-1778?
George Washington
In which document did the British recognize the United States as an independent nation?
Treaty of Paris
When did the French begin to aid the Patriots?
after the Battle of Saratoga
Who led the Patriot forces at Fort Vincennes?
George Rogers Clark
Who disguised herself as a man and fought in the American Revolution?
Deborah Sampson
What city did William Howe capture forcing the Continental Congress to flee?
Philadelphia
When was the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War signed?
1783
During the Battle of Long Island, who disguised himself as a Dutch teacher and regretted he had but one life to lose for his country?
Nathan Hale
Besides John Jay and Benjamin Franklin, who also attended the peace talks in Paris?
John Adams
Who was famous for his guerilla warfare in the South
Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion
Where was loyalist or tory strength the strongest?
southern colonies
How did the Marquis de Lafayette contribute to the war?
One of the following
-fought for free -aid to George Washington
-donated money -attacked at Yorktown
-got nobles of France to donate
Where were the mercenaries famously defeated on Christmas morning?
Battle of Trenton