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unit 3 social s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bernardo de galves | from Spain and secretly gave money and supplies to the Americans during the war |
| common sense | 47 page pamphlet to get loyaltists and neutralists to be patriots |
| French help* | provided troops, uniforms, weapons, to the continental army |
| preamble | introduction, Americans explain why they are breaking apart from britian |
| George washington | leader of continental army. survived the winter at valley forge. forced the British to surrender in yorktown |
| grievance | formal complaints |
| battle of saratoga | turning point of the war. continued the French to send troops and money. Americans win |
| battle of new york | Washington had a difficult time keeping soldiers in army |
| battle of trenton | boosted the morale of the American army and kept soldiers enlisted |
| Nathan hale | spayed and wishes he could do it again |
| war at sea | 800 privateers. John Paul Jones says he hasn't even started fighting |
| doi | declaring independence from Britain, Thomas jefferson |
| yorktown | unofficial end of the war, British surrendered |
| war in the west | goroge Rogers Clark gets name Washington of the west. he defeated the British in the orv. secured great lakes |
| war in the south | Nathanael green took major cities from south and worked up north |
| treaty of paris | us is independent from Britain. established boarders |
| Thaddeus | polish engineer, built forts in pa and was in charge of making strats for saratoga |
| casimir polaski | fought in continental army |
| Friedrich von stueben | German, hired by George Washington to train his army at valley forge |
| marquis de lafeyette | French and fought for continental army against British. then became a general in GW army |