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| George Washington | He led the Continental Army across the Delaware River on a surprise attack at Trenton, New Jersey. (167) |
| Battle of Saratoga | This turning-point victory in northern New York in 1777 ruined the British war plan. (168) |
| Deborah Sampson | She disguised herself as a boy to join the Continental Army. (165) |
| Battle of Long Island | The worst defeat suffered by the Continental Army in New York in 1776. (166) |
| African Americans | Lemuel Hayes & Peter Salem are examples of 5,000 _____________ that fought for America's freedom. (167) |
| The American Crisis | In this 1776 pamphlet, Thomas Paine urged Patriots to not give up. (166) |
| Loyalists | ____________, or Tories, were expected to help Britain win the war. ___________ strength was greatest in the Carolinas & Georgia, and weakest in New England. (163-164) |
| Hudson River | The British plan to win the war in 1777 involved controlling this body of water to separate New England from the rest of the colonies. (167) |
| Philadelphia | By October 1777, Britain captured this American capital city. (168) |
| Trenton & Princeton | Two New Jersey cities where Americans scored daring victories in the winter of 1776-1777. (167) |
| Hessians | Mercenaries from Germany hired by Britain to fight in America. (164) |
| France | After victory at Saratoga, _________ declared war on Britain & sent money, supplies & troops to help America. (173) |
| Spain | ________ joined the war against Britain in 1779 & began attacking British bases in present-day LA, MS, AL & FL. (173) |
| Loyalists | They fought & spied for Britain. Some left America. Those who stayed were treated cruelly. (175) |
| Friedrich von Steuben | He came from Germany to train the Continental Army at Valley Forge. (174) |
| inflation | Congress printed too much money, which led to rising prices. (175) |
| Marquis de Lafayette | He came from France to to become General Washington's trusted aide. (174) |
| Valley Forge | Twenty miles from Philadelphia, this is where the Continental Army spent the difficult winter of 1777-1778. (173-174) |
| Benjamin Franklin | He persuaded French leaders to join the war against Britain. (172-173) |
| Saratoga | The victory at this New York town convinced France to join America in the Revolutionary War. (172-173) |
| slavery | The revolution caused many Americans to question __________. NJ, VT, NH, MA & PA all moved to abolish __________ in their states. (175-176) |
| George Rogers Clark | He led the Virginia militia in capturing British military bases in the western frontier. (178) |
| blockade | Britain used warships to block waterways and prevent Patriots from moving resources. (179) |
| privateers | Because they lacked a strong navy, America used over 2,000 of these privately-owned ships to fight the British at sea. (179) |
| guerrilla warfare | American soldiers used these hit-and-run tactics relentlessly in the South to weaken British armies. (180) |
| Francis Marion | This "Swamp Fox" led small bands of South Carolina militia men on guerrilla attacks to weaken British armies in the South. (180) |
| John Paul Jones | This naval officer led his crew in capturing the British warship, Serapis, in 1779. (179) |
| Charles Town | After Savannah fell, this city was captured by Britain in 1780. Thousands were taken prisoner in America's worst defeat of the war. (180) |
| Joseph Brant | He led the Mohawk people on brutal attacks of Americans in New York & Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. (178) |
| Bernardo de Galvez | The governor of the Spanish territory of Louisiana who provided military and financial support to America. (180-181) |
| Yorktown | Virginia site of the final battle of the Revolutionary War. |
| Treaty of Paris | 1783 agreement that established America as an independent nation with the Mississippi River as its western border. |
| Haiti | France and __________ both were inspired by the American Revolution to fight for liberty in their countries. |
