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26 Cards in this Set
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An advantage that the British army had |
Strongest navy in the world, well trained, and population was huge |
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Disadvantage the British army had |
Didn't know land, No motivation |
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Advantages of continental army |
Fighting on homeland and a good motivation |
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Disadvantages of continental army |
Poorly trained army, poorly trained soldiers, and low population |
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What's a loyalist |
Opposed war for Independence |
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What's a Patriot |
Favored war for Independence |
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Why colonists wanted to be loyalists |
Depended for jobs |
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Why did Americans have problems getting enough money to finance the war |
Congress lakes the power to raise taxes |
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The river that George Washington crossed on Christmas night and the town he went to |
Delaware River and Trenton,New Jersey |
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Why was Washington's "crossing" a very important a very important decision that he to do |
Boosted moral, needed win |
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Battle that was called "Turning Point of the war" |
Saratoga |
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what state is Valley Forge in |
Pennsylvania |
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Why was Valley Forge so critical |
1 out of 5 people died from either starving or freezing |
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he turned the Army into a more efficient fighting force |
Von Steubon |
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Led vivtory at Vincennes |
George Rogers Clark |
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Know as the Swamp Fox |
Francis Marion |
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What role did the French play in the victory at Yorktown |
Brought in thousands of troops on ships and trapped the British |
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Victory that convinced the British the war was to costly |
Yorktown |
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What's the Treaty of Paris |
U.S recognized as a independent country and officially ended the war in 1783 |
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Valley Forge |
Hardships |
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Privateers |
Privately owned ships outfitted w/ weapons |
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Deborah Sampson |
Disguised herself as a man |
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Charles Cornwallis |
British General who surrendered at Yorktown |
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Benedict Arnold |
American hero who switched sides to the British |
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John Paul Jones |
"I have not yet begun to fight" |
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Nathaneal Greene |
Quaker General, successful in south at Cowpens |
