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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Battle of Long Island | British landed on Staten island, invaded long island and washington had to retreat to NY in the night while fires stayed lit. He then had to retreat through NJ where he prepared to cross the delaware. |
| Battle of Saratoga | Turning point. British Recapture fort t and contin. south; wait for Clinton in NY (nevercame). Americans cut down trees to slow down the British. Americans use gorilla tactics. British surrender. Turning Point of war bc French finally join American side |
| Battle of Trenton | Americans Victorious. Surprise attack Hessians at Trenton on Dec. 26th. afterwards GW leaves fires burning to escape to Princeton and escape the British to get a well needed victory. |
| Battle of Yorktown | Cornwallis heads to Yorktown where he hoped to get reinforcements. Meanwhile Greene goes through and retakes most of south. Washington goes to virginia to trap cornwallis by land French naval surround the British by sea British surrender on Oct. 18th |
| Valley Forge (though it wasn’t a battle) | GW hous troops@valleyforge during winter o1777-78. He chose location to keepeye on brit, give enough time to defend attack, have plenty access to natural resources such as trees/rivers. Thru sickness starvation, troops were trained under baronvonstueben. |
| What was the Treaty of Paris? | Document that officially ended the American revolution. |
| Why did Washington have trouble keeping troops from leaving? | Because a lot of troops' contracts were almost up. |
| What was the British Plan in the South? | To gain land there and get loyalists there to help |
| What were some effects of the Revolutionary War? | Slowly equal rights movements begin New nation established Indirectly leads to the French revolution |
| Who assisted the Americans throughout the war (countries, groups of people)? | France, spain, netherlands, germans, polish / Native Americans w/British / Women /African Americans helped fight war once Washington changed his policy to allow them /Privateers helped at sea by attacking British ships and seizing cargo. |
| Name the 4 parts of the Declaration of Independence and describe each | Preamble, Protection of natural rights, grievances against the king, and declaring independence |
| Preamble | introduction and why the colonies are breaking away |
| Protection of natural rights | everyone has unalienable rights and if they are not protected by the government, people may reject it and start anew. |
| Grievances against the king | list of ways the king has violated the colonies rights issues such as trial by jury and taxing without consent. |
| Declaring independence | official break from England and declaring their independence as a new nation |
| Leadership | Nathaniel Greene - General who split his army in two in the south Lord cornwallis- Poor dicicions to pull back to yorktown |
| Patriotism | Nathan Hale - American spy caught and hung quote Soldiers stayed past enlistment periods Soldiers fought without pay Women disguised themselves to fight and came to camps to help Privateers were civilian ships who attacked enemy ships at sea |
| Foreign Aid | The French naval support at Yorktown Lafayette - Served with no pay, helped trap british at yorktown, washington's right hand man Bernardo de galvez |
| Geography | Cut down trees and used them as roadblocks at saratoga MArion “swamp fox” and his hit and run gorilla tactics “Home field advantage” (New terrain better) Brittain was very far away so communication and supplies took longer |
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