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27 Cards in this Set
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Patriot |
colonists who supported the fight for independence from Great Britain |
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mercenary |
hired soldier paid to fight in another country |
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Hessian |
German mercenaries who fought for Britain against the colonists |
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Battle of Long Island |
1776 battle in which the Patriots were defeated and British took New York Nathan Hale General William Howe |
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Molly Pitcher |
name for a woman who carried water and helped in the war effort for Patriots
not one specific woman, several |
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Nathan Hale |
volunteer Patriot spy who infiltrated British troops, was discovered and executed
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
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Thomas Paine |
wrote Common Sense and The Crisis Common Sense: pamphlet that put the idea of independence on paper and was disseminated widely so it built the case for freedom in Patriots' minds The Crisis: pamphlet that encouraged Patriot soldiers to continue fighting |
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General Burgoyne |
British general who planned to take Albany and separate New England from the Middle States; his troops were defeated in the Battle of Saratoga loved the finer things, travelled with loads Horatio Gates was Patriot general |
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Benedict Arnold |
Patriot general who forced the British to retreat in their march to New York |
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Green Mountain Boys |
Ethan Allen led a Patriot militia group that attacked Burgoyne's forces on their march to Albany and forced Burgoyne's retreat to Saratoga without supplies |
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Battle of Saratoga |
Important battle in the American Revolution; Patriot victory there convinced the French and other nations to support the Patriots The British plan for cutting off New England from the Middle States failed. Horatio Gates General Burgoyne |
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General Horatio Gates |
Patriot general who defeated British forces at Saratoga General Burgoyne General Cornwallis |
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Valley Forge |
an area in New Jersey in which Washington's Patriot forces suffered through a long cold winter |
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Lafayette |
a French nobleman who offered his services to the Patriot forces |
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Pulaski |
A Polish cavalry officer who died fighting for the Patriots died in 1780 |
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Von Steuben |
Former German officer who drilled the Patriot troops at Valley Forge, teaching them to be a more effective army |
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De Miralles |
representative of Spain, through his urging Spain, Cuba and Mexico sent financial aid to the colonies also lent personal funds |
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inflation |
the rising of the cost of the same amount of goods in this case, caused by war effort |
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Judith Murray |
fought for women's rights during the Revolutionary War wanted education for girls, same as boys |
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Loyalist |
a colonist who supported Great Britain
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blockade |
preventing supplies and reinforcements from reaching an army
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privateers |
privately owned merchant ships equipped with weapons
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John Paul Jones |
Patriot who raided British ports beginning in 1777 commander of a ship |
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General Cornwallis |
in command of British forces in the South Horatio Gates was sent to defeat Cornwallis; Gates failed but Cornwallis soon found his army was not strong enough to control the South |
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Yorktown |
One of the later battles of the American Revolution, a victory of three Patriot troops who converged on Cornwallis's troops: Anthony Wayne, Washington and Rochambeau, and Admiral de Grasse
Defeated Cornwallis |
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Treaty of Paris |
The treaty in which Britain recognized the Americans as an independent nation, ended the war |
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Fraunces Tavern |
where General Washington said farewell to his officers and resigned from the Patriot army and returned to Mt. Vernon gave farewell speech |
