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MIXED BAG 1
EARLY BATTLES
EARLY BATTLES 2
THE TIDE TURNS FOR THE AMERICANS
MIXED BAG 2
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To withdraw from or escape from a battle
Retreat
100
This was the main reason the British soldiers were able to capture Long Island
More soldiers
100
List 1 disadvantage the American soldiers had
1. Weak navy, 2. fewer men (small Continental Army), 3. Continental Congress had a hard time raising money to pay the army and buy supplies
100
This British General did not follow General Burgoyne's plan to attack Albany, New York
General Howe
100
Mary Ludwig Hays was called 'Molly Pitcher' for this reason
Took pitchers of water to American soldiers fighting in the fields
200
A formal partnership between nations
Alliance
200
This man led the Americans during the Battle of Long Island
George Washington
200
George Washington came from this state
Virginia
200
After the Americans won the Battle of Saratoga this country became an ally to the Americans
France
200
British Lord Cornwallis retreated to this town in 1781
Yorktown
300
Name of 1 of the 2 free African Americans who helped Washington row across the Delaware River at Christmas 1776
Prince Whipple and Oliver Cromwell
300
List 2 advantages the British soldiers had
1. Strong Navy, 2. 50,000 trained soldiers, 3. Native Americans supported the British
300
Christmas 1776 - George Washington and his men rowed across this river
Delaware River
300
Washington spent the winter of 1777-1778 at this place.
Valley Forge
300
Marquis de Layfayette fought for this side
Americans
400
Baron Von Steuben did this to help the American Army at Valley Forge
Taught them how to fight as an army
400
List 1 disadvantage that the British had
1. Little support from people in Britain, 2. Hessins not loyal - would fight for the side that paid them the most!
400
George Washington and his men suprised this group of people when they rowed across the icy river on Christmas 1776
Hessians (fighting on British side who were resting up for the winter months
400
Washington's winter of 1777-1778 ws called the 'terrible winter' for these 3 reasons
Poorly clothed, Poorly fed, Bitterly cold - snow and ice, Little supplies, Frostbite - soldiers who had no shoes lost their toes
400
This side won the Batle of Yorktown
Americans
500
List 1 of the countries that people came from to help the Americans defeat the British
Poland, Germany, Haiti, Spanish Louisiana and France
500
List 1 advantage that the American soldiers had
1. Motivated - fighting for home and land, 2. Knew the layout fo the land, 3. Had excellent leaders
500
British General Burgoyne planned to defeat the Americans at Albany New York by attaacking from this many directions
3 - 1 from from Canada, 1 from NYC and 1 from the west
500
This many American soldiers lost their lives during the winter of 1777-1778
3,000
500
This treaty ended the war bewteen the British and the Americans
Treaty of Paris