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33 Cards in this Set
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Americans assumed that what would be the next British target |
New York |
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Why did they think New York would be a target? |
because of its sea access, Islands, rivers, and it seemed impossible to defend |
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Throughout July, who brought an army from Nova Scotia? How many men? |
British. 34,000 |
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What was the trouble in New York |
Washington was outnumbered 4 to 1 and could not defeat the British |
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What one of Washington's aids hurried across the East River to New York City and returned with a fleet of fishing boats and other boats |
Alexander McDougall |
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Washington sent Hessian soldiers where |
Trenton, New Jersey |
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After making a stand at the Battle of Harlem Heights on Manhattan Island, Washington managed to get his troops where |
across the Hudson River to relative safety in New Jersey |
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Washington and his men crossed the icy Delware River on Christmas night and and surprised them. What was the result |
they captured 900 men |
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How did the British react to the Christmas night attack. What happened |
They sent a large force under Charles Cornwallis. Washinton left decoy fires burning and marched to Princeton where they defeated a small British force |
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who would lead an army south from Montreal to New York |
John Burgoyne |
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Burgoyne need to crush the Americans speedily or wait for rescue by ? |
Sir Henry Clinton |
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Burgoyne attacked the Americans under Horatio Gates. Where? |
Freeman's Farm near Saratoga |
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What was the result of the Battle of Saratoga |
it took one British army out of war and forced Britain to give up any hope of taking the northern colonies |
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Although the victory helped Anerica's cause, it did not improve the Continental army's living conditions. It left them sick where ? |
Valley Forge Pennsylvania |
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A new army quartermaster General ? tried to solve the supply problems |
Nathanael Greene |
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The victory of Saratoga brought who into the war with the Americans |
France |
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Who was actively fighting in the West |
The British, Loyalists, and Indians |
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In 1778 what happened to the settlers of New York |
they were massacred |
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who organized a force of 175 men to go into the Ohio Valley and drive Hamilton out |
George Rogers Clart |
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merchant vessels outfitted to fight |
privateers |
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most famous American naval officer |
John Paul Jones |
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what two victories virtually freed New Jersey from the British |
Trenton and Princeton |
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what American victory forced the British out of the North |
Saratoga |
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The Continental Congress sent who south from Saratoga |
Horatio Gates |
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The Patriots crossed the mountains in search of Ferguson and his Tory forces. They found them where? |
Kings Mountain |
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Horatio Gates was replaced by who |
General Nathanel Greene |
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Where did Morgan and his men capture most of Tarleton's men |
Cowpens |
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French volunteer that seemed to be the only threat to Cornwallis |
Marquis de Lafayette |
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what ended the eight year war with Britain. What year? |
Treaty of Paris. 1783 |
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Was was the result of the War |
America's independence |
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what motivated teh over mountain men to fight the battle of Kings Mountain |
they were told if they didn't, they would be killed |
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which of Cornwallis victories was so costly that it ultimately contributed to his defeat |
when the British surrended at Yorktown |
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