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Revolutionary War
Social Studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a mounted soldier that used a saber and a pistol | dragoon |
| a bayonet in the gut | Tarleton Quarter |
| mercenaries from Germany that fought for the British | Hessian |
| a fortification made of lumber | redoubt |
| elite soldiers in the British army | grenadiers |
| front line of an army | vanguard |
| back end of the army | rearguard |
| American colonist who was determined to fight the British until American independence was won | Patriot |
| American colonist who remained obedient to Britain and opposed the war for independence | Loyalist |
| taking no side in a conflict | neutral |
| paid soldiers who serve in the army of a foreign country | mercenaries |
| to enlist soldiers in the army | recruit |
| a militia group led by Ethan Allen | Green Mountain Boys |
| to leave without permission | desert |
| a continuous rise in the price of goods and services | inflation |
| cut off an area by means of troops or warships to block supplies or people from coming in or going out; to close off a country's ports | blockade |
| armed private ships | privateers |
| a hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes | guerrilla warfare |
| a surprise attack | ambush |
| to give official approval to | ratify |
| British general that defeated Washington at Long Island, White Plains, Brandywine Creek,and Germantown | William Howe |
| the Patriot commander that participated in many battles and would have won the battle at Germantown | George Washington |
| died in the battle of Trenton | Colonel Rahl |
| British general that won the battle of Camden which didn't help the war effort in the south | Lord Cornwallis |
| British general that wins at Hubbardton, loses at Bennington and Saratoga, and ties at Freeman's Farm | John Burgoyne |
| Patriot general that fled at the battle of Ticonderoga and is called a coward, also at Hubbardton | Arthur St. Clair |
| known as the hero of Bennington | John Stark |
| Patriot general that got the credit for winning the battle of Saratoga and runs away from his army at Camden | Horatio Gates |
| Patriot general that really won the battle of Saratoga and ignored Gates's orders | Benedict Arnold |
| Patriot general that lost the battle of Paoli | Mad Anthony Wayne |
| British general that leaves Philly and heads to New York and ties with Patriots at Monmouth | Henry Clinton |
| Patriot general that failed Washington at Monmouth | Charles Lee |
| Patriot general that wins at Cowpens | Daniel Morgan |
| a successful, ruthless British general in the south that fought at Camden and lost at Cowpens | Banastre Tarleton |
| fights at Guilford Courthouse and doesn't win but severely damages Cornwallis's army | Nathaniel Greene |
| French commander that helped Washington win at Yorktown | Jean-Batiste Rochambeau |
| a Patriot that spied on British troops but was discovered and killed | Nathan Hale |
| wrote The Crisis | Thomas Paine |
| a former officer from Germany that turned Washington's troops at Valley Forge into an effective fighting force | Friedrich von Steuben |
| American naval officer that raided British ports and became a hero after making the Serapis surrender | John Paul Jones |
| known as the Swamp Fox and is considered the father of modern guerrilla warfare | Francis Marion |
| commander of the French naval fleet and helped Washington and Rochambeau win at Yorktown | Admiral de Grasse |
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