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Chapter 6- American Revolution
Patriot
• Colonist who supports the fight for independence.
Loyalist
• Colonists who continue to support the British.
• They felt taxation and representation were not enough
reasons to stand up to the mother country.
Neutral
• Colonists who did not choose sides. They neither supported
the British nor the Patriots.
Mercenaries
• Groups of soldiers hired to fight for pay.
Guerilla War
• A hit-and-run war technique used primarily in the South by
militia groups.
• Francis Marion was a famous guerilla leader.
Privateers
• Armed merchant ships
Tory
• Name given to loyalists, those who supported the British.
Inflation
• Printing of money with little gold and silver to back it up.
• The money becomes worthless.
French nobleman who became
Washington’s trusted aide
• Marquis de Lafayette
Mercenaries hired by the British to
fight the Continental Army
• Hessians
Leader of the British forces who
surrendered at Yorktown
• Charles Cornwallis
Drilled Patriots are Valley Forge
• Friedrich von Steuben
Guerilla Leader
• Francis Marion
A plan of action
• Strategy
Governor of the Spanish territory
of Louisiana and American ally
• Bernado de Galvez
1. Long Island
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Battle of: Long Island
Date : August of 1776
Place: New York
Who: 20,000 British and 10,000 American Continental Army
soldiers
• Winner: The British drove the Americans from Brooklyn and
forced them to evacuate New York.
2. Trenton
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Battle: Trenton
Date: 25th December 1776
Place: Trenton, New Jersey on the Delaware River
Who: 2,400 Americans against 1,200 Hessians and British
troops
• Winner: The battle was a resounding physical and moral
victory for Washington and his American troops.
3. Philadelphia (Brandywine)
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Battle: Philadelphia Brandywine Creek
Date: 11th September 1777
Place: Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia
Who: 6,000 British and Hessian troops against 8,000 American
soldiers.
• Winner: The British and Hessians were left occupying the field
having driven the Americans from their position on
Brandywine Creek.
4. Saratoga
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Battle: SARATOGA
Date: 17th October 1777
Place: Saratoga on the Hudson River in New York State.
Who: 5,000 British and German troops against the 12,000
Americans.
• Winner: The Americans forced the surrender of British forces.
5. Yorktown
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Battle: YORKTOWN
Date: October 1781
Place: Virginia, United States of America
Who: About 16,000 Americans and French against 8,000
British
• Winner: Surrounded by American forces, Cornwallis
surrenders to George Washington.
1. America declared independence
from
on July ,
• Great Britain
• 4th, 1776
2. _______________________ were German
mercenaries that fought for the
British.
• Hessians
3. The Hessians’ main goal for
winning the war was
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• Money
4. During the winter of 1777, many of
Washington’s soldiers _________________,
or left the army at Valley Forge.
• deserted
5. _____________________________________ led
the soldiers that captured the British
town of Vincennes in 1779.
• George Rogers Clark
6. The battle of
was a turning point in the war. It
showed other nations we might win
the war.
• Saratoga
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And
help America by supplying troops and
supplies.
• France
• Spain
8. John Adams convinced
banking houses to lend us $12 million
to support the war.
• Dutch (the Netherlands)
9. The Treaty of Paris was
___________________, or approved, in
1783.
• ratified
Treaty of Paris: British terms
• In the Treaty of Paris, the British promised to withdraw all
troops from America.
• They also allowed Americans to fish off the coast of Canada.
Treaty of Paris: American terms
• In the Treaty of Paris, the Americans allowed British
merchants to collect their debts owed by Americans.
• They also gave Loyalists the properties back they had lost
during the war.