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Chapter 7 SS!
The American Revolution 1776-1783
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country | mercenary |
| rendezvous | meeting |
| a country that agrees to help another country to achieve a common goal | ally |
| a privatley owned ship that a wartime government gives permission to attack on a enemy's merchant ships | privateer |
| a person morally opposed to war | pacifist |
| the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people; people exercize thier power by voting for political represenatives | republicanism |
| What were the percentages of the Americans that were Loyalists, Patriots, and Neutral? (T/F on test) | Loyalists - 20% Patriots - 40% Neutral - 40% *Most Americans did not support the Revolution |
| List the important difficulties the Americans faced in the early years of the war. | a) Americans were divided b) Congress's inability to supply an army c) not enough supplies d) conditions and soldiers attitude e) army was made of untrained men |
| List all you know about Marquis de Lafayette? | *Washington reguarded him as a son *19 year old French noblemen *persuaded the French army to send a 6,000 man army to American *volunteered to serve in Washington's army *died in Battle of Camden, SC |
| List all three reasons the British war effort shifted to the South. | a) beleived if they gained territory from the south, Southern Loyalists will hold it for them b) expected large numbers of slaves to join them because they promised freedom c) West Indies/south location to each other |
| Battle of New York | date-August 1776 outcome-British American Comm.-Washington British Comm.-Howe results-New York become headquarters for the British |
| Battle of Trenton | date-12/26/76 outcome-Americans American Comm.-Washington British Comm.-Hessians results-1)Washington's reputation rises 2) American army begins to attract new recruits |
| Battle of Saratoga | date-10/7/77 outcome-Americans American Comm.- Gates British Comm.- Burgoyne results- 1)*European nations decide to help America defeat Britain 2) large army removed from war |
| Battle of Vincennes | date-February 79 outcome-Americans recapture American Comm.-Clark British Comm.- Hamilton results- gave a hold on the vast region between the Great Lakes and the Ohio river |
| Battle of Savannah | date-November 78 outcome-British results-using Savannah as a base, British then captured most of Georgia |
| Battle of Charleston | date-May 1780 outcome-British American Comm.-Lincoln British Comm.-Clinton results-The Americans lost their whole Southern army |
| Battle of Camden | date-August 1780 outcome-British American Comm.- Gates British Comm.-Cornwallis results- 1) this ended Gates term as head of the army 2) caused American spirits to fall |
| Battle of Yorktown | date-August 1781 outcome-Americans American Comm.-Washington British Comm.-Cornwallis results- Treaty of Paris of 1783 |
| What type of warfare did Francis Marlon and his men employ? | Guerilla warfare, which are small bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with suprise raids and hit and run attacks |
| The success of a siege was almost _________ if operations were placed in the hands of ___________ commanders equipped with the necessary ____________ and _______________. | inevitable, competent, artillery, manpower |
| List the four advantages that helped the Americans win the Revolutionary War. | a) better leadership b) foreign aid c) knowledge of the land d) motivation |
| List the first 4 conditions of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 (abreviated) | 1) United States was independent 2) Boundaries were the Mississippi River, Canada, and Spanish Florida 3) US would recieve the right to fish off Canada's Atlantic Coast near Newfoundland 4) Each side would repay debts they owed the other |
| List the last 2 conditions of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 | 5) British would return enslaved persons they captured 6) Congress would reccomend that the states return any property seized from Loyalists |
| In a republic the ___________ gets its power from and is responsible to the __________. | government, people |
| In a free enterpise system, buissness can be conducted freely based on the choices of ___________ rather than the decisions made by the _______________. | individuals, government |
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