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Vocabulary 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Crossing the Delaware | Washington and his troops took a desperate gamble on Dec. 25, 1776 and crossed the Delaware River to win an important victory against Hessian mercenaries, many soldiers decided to re-enlist |
| Battle of Trenton (12/26/1776) | Washington and his troops surprised German mercenaries (the Hessians) on Christmas Eve to win an important victory |
| Battle of Saratoga (8/17/1777) | This was the first head-to-head victory for the Continental Army. General Horatio Gates defeated the most powerful army in the world, the British Army. France agreed to support the Patriot cause making it a turning point of the war. |
| Valley Forge | Winter camp of the Continental Army in 1777 - 1778. Troops suffered greatly, but trained to become a better army. The Crisis, by Thomas Paine, encouraged many to keep fighting. |
| Battle of Yorktown | This was the final battle of the war. General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington after a long seige |
| Treaty of Paris, 1783 | This was the final agreement to end the war between Great Britain and the United States. It officially gave the US independence |
| France | The main ally of the patriots that sent money, men (like LaFayette)and ships to defeat the British |
| Republicanism | The citizens of a country are able to select their own leaders, usually through voting |
| Mercenary | A professional soldier hired to fight a war, such as the Hessians from Germany. |
| Guerrilla | a fighting style that uses surprise and unconventional tactics. Americans learned this during the French and Indian War. |
| Legacy | Something that lasts after an event is over. |
| George Washington | leader of the Continental Army |
| Baron Von Stueben | Professional German soldier that trained the Continental Army in fighting tactics, especially use of the bayonett |
| Lord Cornwallis | British general in charge of the fighting against the Patiots |
| Marquis de LaFayette | young French nobleman who shared his knowledge of the British Army with Washington |
| Loyalists | colonists who did not want independence from Great Britain |
| James Armistead | slave who acted as a spy on the British Army |
| Bernardo de Galvez | Spanish governor who fought against the British and helped supply the American army |
| Haym Solomon | helped find money for the patriot cause, spied on the British |
| Ben Franklin | minister to France, convinced them to help the Americans fight the British |
| "Swamp Fox" | Francis Marion and his guerrillas fought the British Army and Loyalist militias in the Southern Colonies |
| Nathaniel Greene | commander of the southern Continental Army, chased Cornwallis toward Yorktown in 1781 |
| Thomas Paine | author of Common Sense and The Crisis, both essays helped the Patriot side understand the reasons for wanting independence and the need to fight |
| Mercy Otis Warren | wrote plays to support the Patriot cause, considered an historian of the American Revolution |
| Abigail Adams | early supporter of equal rights for women and African Americans, asked her husband in a letter to "remember the ladies" as he was helping write the Declaration of Independence |
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