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Chapter 7review test
Chapter 7 review tes
Question | Answer |
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Which Battle was the Turning Point of the War? | The Battle of Saratoga |
What is Guerrilla War? | Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants |
What happened at Valley Forge? | the army joyously celebrated the formal French recognition of the United States as a sovereign power and valuable alliance with this leading European nation. |
Where did the British Surrender? Why? | at Yorktown, giving up any chance of winning the Revolutionary War. |
Which 2 countries entered the War on the side of the US? Why? | germany and France |
Terms of the Treaty of Paris. | British recognition of U.S. independence and the delineation of boundaries that would allow for American western expansion. |
George Washington | president and general of the continental army |
Wilderness Road | The Wilderness Road was one of two principal routes used by colonial and early national era settlers to reach Kentucky from the East. |
Battle of Trenton | The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal American Revolutionary War battle on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. |
Battle of Charles Town | The siege of Charleston was a major engagement and major British victory in the American Revolutionary War |
Privateer | an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping. |
Baron Von Steuben | military officer |
Lord Cornwallis | Former Governor |
Marquis de Lafayette | Former Member of the Chamber of Deputies of France |
Thomas Jefferson | first person to sign decloration of independence |
Privateer | an armed ship owned and officered by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of enemy merchant shipping. |
What is a mercenary and Why did the British use them? | The British hired mercenaries because that is how countries in the 18th Century mobilised large armies for wars |