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8 Wilson mid. chp. 7
Wilson 8th grade midterm U.S. chapter 7 "The American Revolution"
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| PERCENTAGE OF PATRIOTS | 40-45% |
| PERCENTAGE OF LOYALISTS | 20-40% |
| CONTINENTAL ARMY (ORGIINAL) | Commander George Washington, started as undisciplined and untrained volunteers. |
| SARATOGA VICTORY | turning point in war, before = losing, after = winning |
| EFFECT OF SPANISH VICTORIES | |
| VALLY FORGE (SYMBOL) | sybolized harship, America coul survive and conquer by working hard |
| GEROGE ROGERS CLARK (CONRIBUTION) | defended Western Fronteir from British with his own army granted by Patrick Henry govenor of Virgina |
| BATTLE OF CHARLES TOWN | British siege of Charls Town, South Carolina in May 1780, in which the Americans suffered their worst defeat of the war |
| BATTLE OF YORKTOWN | final battle of the war in which French and American forces led by George Washington defeated British General Cornwallis |
| BRITISH (WEAKNESS) | Hessian soliders fought only for pay not passion, unprepared, overconfident and ununited generals, no allies, far away from home took time to transport things/ people, all together less troops. |
| TREATY OF PARIS (TERMS) | 1783 treaty ended revolutionary war. 1-united states independant. 2- boundries mississippi on west, canada north, spanish florida south. 3- u.s. right to fish off canada's Atalntic Coast. 4- all debts would be repaid to each other. |
| TREATY OF PARIS CONTINUED | 5- any enslaved person captured by British would be returned. 6- congress would recommend that they return any property seixed from loyalists |