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Gr. 7/SS/Ch. 6
American Revolution 1776-1783
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The American Crisis | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that included the line "these are the times that try men's souls." |
| inflation | Caused Congress to stop issuing paper money. |
| Martha Washington | Made clothes for the troops and cared for the sick at Valley Forge. |
| Treaty of Paris | British promised to withdraw all troops from American territory on September 3, 1783. |
| Patriots | Americans who supported independence. |
| Saratoga | France announced their support for the United States after this victory. British General John Burgoyne surrendered to Patriot Horatio Gates. |
| Charleston, South Carolina | Patriots suffered the worst defeat of the war here. It was the only state that did not enlist African Americans. |
| Francis Marion | Known as the "Swamp Fox." |
| Trenton | This was the site of a surprise victory by the Patriots on Christmas night, 1776. |
| Yorktown | King George III agreed to give the Americans their freedom after this Patriot victory. |
| Marquis de Lafayette | French nobleman who became Washington's trusted aide. |
| Spain | Attacked the British forces in the Mississippi Valley and along the Gulf of Mexico. |
| George Washington | This person did not represent the Americans at the peace talk in Paris and after the war, he returned to his plantation at Mount Vernon. |
| Friedrich Von Steuben | This person helped Washington turn the ragged Continental Army into an efficient fighting force. |
| Howe | Last name of the two brothers, William and Richard, who were in charge of the British army and navy. |
| Philadelphia | American capital city at this revolutionary time period. It was also William Howe's winter camp. |
| Tories | Another name for Americans who remained loyal to Great Britain. |
| John Paul Jones | This person said, "I have not yet begun to fight" while manning a privateer. |
| blockade | Kept supplies and reinforcements from reaching the Continental Army. |
| Lemuel Hayes | African American patriot |
| Valley Forge | Patriot forces endured a winter here with terrible suffering. |
| Deborah Sampson | This person disguised herself as a man so she could fight with the army. |
| Guerilla Warfare | This is a hit and run technique of fighting that caught the British off guard. |
| Comte De Rochambeau | This person was a French commander. |
| Nathan Hale | This person spied on the British; he disguised himself as a teacher. |
| Horatio Gates | This person was continental leader at Saratoga. |
| John Burgoyne | British general at Saratoga. |
| Charles Cornwallis | British commander at Yorktown. |
| neutral | Taking neither side. |
| mercenary | Hired soldiers. |
| Juan de Miralles | Spanish representative to the U.S. |
| privateers | merchant warships |
| George Rogers Clark | Patriot commander in the west. |
| enlist | recruit |
| Judith Sargeant Murray | Essay writer for women's education. |
| Green Mountain Boys | Patriot militia group. |
| Smallpox | Disease at Valley Forge. |
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