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An inspirational poet during the American Revolution
Who is Phillis Wheatley
In this battle, Washington crossed the Delaware River to sneak attack the Hessian Soldiers.
What is Trenton, New Jersey
Selling goods one has been hoarding
What is profiteering
Two ways women supported the war
What are:
carpenters, ship builders, cooking, caring for wounded, keeping records of the war, running the farms and businesses
The British had the help of these professional soldiers
Who are mercenaries
British General who planned to attack the Patriot forces from Canada but fought in Saratoga, New York
Who is General John Burgoyne
The battle which convinced the French to help the Americans
What is Saratoga
Someone who secretly watches people
What is a Spy
Cornwallis's servant who was actually a spy for the Patriots
Who is James Armistead
The untrained soldiers of the American Army
What are militia
An engineer from Poland who designed forts.
Who is Thaddeus Kosciuszko
The city where Watshington lost almost 2,000 troops to disease, poorly ventilated cabins and lack of supplies.
What is Valley Forge
To prevent passage of supplies or people
What is a blockade
This prevented British receiving supplies at Yorktown
What is the blockade
British General who surrendered in York Town
Who is General Cornwallis
Came from Prussia and trained American soldiers to march in rows and fight together.
Who is Baron Freidrich Von Steuben
Where Nathanael Greene let Patriots into battle. The British won, but lost nearly one-fourth of its army
Where is North Carolina
To leave or run away
What is to desert
The port that Spanish Governor Bernardo d Galvez closed to the British and opened to the Americans
what is New Orleans
In February of 1779, George Rogers Clark lead the Americans to defeat the British in this state
What is Indiana
a 19 year-old from France who helped defeat the British at the battle of Yorktown
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
The country from which France had been secretly sending money to the American Colonists.
A rapid rise in prices
The Treaty that ended the war
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1783
This patriot lead the Americans to defeat a British warship off the coast of Great Britain in September of 1779
Who is John Paul Jones