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Chapter 6 Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a loyalist? | colonist that fights for the British. |
| What is a patriot? | colonist that fights for America's independence |
| Hessian | German hired soldiers |
| Benjamin Franklin's role in the early years of the war | To gain foreign support for the patriots |
| Congress stopped printing money because of... | Inflation |
| Fredrich Wilhelm von Steuben | Helped train the patriot forces and turned their confidence around |
| Harsh living conditions during winter of 1778 at Valley Forge | spoiled food, lack of clothing, lack of space, lack of shelter |
| Native Americans fought primarily for which side? | Loyalist |
| Who was the "hair buyer?" | Henry Hamilton |
| Why did the British focus on the South? | The South had more loyalist support |
| How did the British blockade effect the Patriots? | Supplies and troops failed to reach Patriot forces |
| Battle of Yorktown | George Washington defeats Charles Cornwallis on October 19, 1781 |
| Treaty of Paris | Signed September 3, 1783 |
| Patriot advantages over loyalist | Home field advantage, motivation of independence, expert wilderness fighters, help from foreign countries |
| Mercenary | hired gun |
| Inflation | Too much money and not enough gold/silver to back it |
| Blockade | keeping ships from leaving or entering harbors |
| Privateer | privately owned merchant ships ship equipped with weapons |
| Seige | an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of a place |
| Ratify | to approve officially |
| Ambush | an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy |
| Saratoga | Turning point of the war |
| After this battle, the British realized that defeating the Americans was not going to be easy | Bunker Hill |
| Charles Town | Worst defeat of Americans |
| Casmir Pulaski | Polish man who died fighting with the Continental Army |
| First American Naval hero | John Paul Jones |
| Executed for spying on the British | Nathan Hale |
| Known for his imaginative war tactics | Francis Marion |
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