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14 Cards in this Set
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Colonel Friedrich von Steuben
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taught the American soldiers to use bayonets and drilled the soldiers for hours
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Indians
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Clark hoped to caputer other British forts with the help from...
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Oldest settlement west of the Appalachian Mtns
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Clark and his men captured many British forts giving American possession of...
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Cornwallis' Cheseapeake Bay escape route was blocked by
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French warships
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When Gerneral Cornwallis surrendered, England decided to
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End the War
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women formed Ladies Associatons to
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Collect money to purchase supplies for the war
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Martha Washington
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Who wore thorn in her clothing to symbolize her grief for the troops
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The American army was more efficient and better prepared because of who?
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Friedrich von Steuben
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Clark nad hes men suffered on their marches because
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Their clothes were thin and ragged and food was running low
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Cornwallis hoped to receive supplies and reinforcements in
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Yorktown
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the American and French armies
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cut offf Cornwallis' excape by land
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America was represented at the treaty negotiation by
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Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and John Adams
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Molly Hays was given a nickname because
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she carried fresh water tot he soldiers
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Frontier women
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took up weapons to protect their homes and settlements
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