Question | Answer |
Strengths of the British | Strongest Navy in the World
Experienced, Well Trained
Plenty of Equipment, Supplies |
Strengths of the Continental Army | George Washington-"people person"
Determined to defend their homes and property
Homefield Advantage |
Weaknesses of the Continental Army | Poorly organized, untrained
Few cannons, little gun powder, no navy |
Weaknesses of the British | News/supplies took a long time to arrive
Risk of contant attacks
Lesson reasons to fight hard |
Battle of Bunker Hill | Victory for the British
The Americans lost because they ran out of gunpowder
Battle actually took place on Breed's Hill |
Quote said by Prescott to remind the colonists to preserve gunpowder | "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." |
Commander of the Continental Army | George Washington |
Olive Branch Petition | The peace petition sent to King George by colonial delegates after the battles of Lexington and Concord |
Common Sense | The pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to persuade people to support the American struggle for independence |
Author of Common Sense and The Crisis | Thomas Paine |
Valley Forge | Site of the horrible winter that the Continental Army had to endure during the winter of 1777.
Many died from the cold or starvation.
Others deserted the army |
Battle of Trenton | Victory for the Patriots.
Surprise attack after crossing the Delaware River on Christmas night. |
Hessians | German mercenaries
Helped the British in the war |
mercenary | troops from another country that are paid to fight in a war |
Battle of Long Island | Victory for the British
Continental army nearly surrounded on the island by the navy |
Battle of Princeton | Surprise attack victory for the Patriots
Left their fires burning to let the British think they were still there. |
Turning Point in the American Revolution | Battle of Saratoga |
Another Name for American Revolution | Revolutionary War |
Importance of the Battle of Saratoga | Convinced the French to help the Patriots in the war. The French brought their navy. |
alliance | countries work together for a common purpose |
How did the French help the Patriots in the American Revolution? | Navy
Supplies |
Marquis de Lafayette | brought trained soldiers to help the Patriots
Trusted advisor to Washington |
Baron Von Steuben | helped train soldiers
taught discipline
from Prussia |
Casimir Pulaski | father of the American cavalry
Helped train troops on horseback
from Poland |
Thaddeus Kosciusko | engineer
from Poland
helped build forts |
Bernardo de Galvez | from Spain
supplied the troops with food, clothing, medicine and gunpowder |
Final Battle of the American Revolution | Battle of Yorktown |
Why did the Patriots win at Yorktown? | Washington, Rochambeau, Lafayette and the French fleet surrounded the British on a peninsula |
Treaty to End the American Revolution | Treaty of Paris 1783 |
Treaty of Paris 1783 | The peace treaty between the United States and Britain that recognized the United States as an independent nation |
Declaration of Independence | document written as justification for why the colonists were breaking away from Britain |
Author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
Longest Part of the Declaration of Independence | List of British wrongs |
Topic of Deleted Paragraph | Slavery |
Reason Deleted Paragraph was taken out of the Declaration of Independence | The South did not want to see slavery end.
The colonists needed to stay united if they hoped to defeat the much stronger Britain |
Natural Rights | Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness |
blockade | Shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out |
cavalry | troops on horseback |
The Green Mountain Boys | militia from Vermont. Helped to take over Fort Ticonderoga
Led by Ethan Allen |
Fort Ticonderoga | victory for the Patriots
Patriots gained valuable supplies like cannons |
The Crisis | written by Thomas Paine
read to the Continental Army to encourage them to keep fighting/not give up |