Episode 2: Revolution
- 2,000 very old trees - 1 ship is the coast of an aircraft today - 64 heavy cannons, ultimate war machine
Give three facts about the British Ship of the Line
highly skilled killers
How do Washington's soldiers leave Valley Forge
- 3,000 - 9/10 - by the end of the war it was about 12,000
How many Patriot POWs are imprisoned in Prison Ship in New York harbor? how many died?
2 days
How many days after Washington's Victory at Yorktown does it take to begin negotiating peace with the British?
25,000
How many men lose their lives during the War of Independence?
- long rifles - they know the land
What are two advantages that Morgan's men have?
they put the disease in the healthy people to create anti-bodies
What gamble does Washington take to save his men from small pocs?
- take the Native scouts out and start targeting the British officers - speed, stealthy, suprise
What is Morgan's Strategy to defeat Burgoyne?
cannon forts
What is protecting British occupied Yorktown?
it was to cut the colonies in to two parts and come from Canada to New York
What is the British Strategy employed by Gen. Burgoyne to end the Revolution?
he had 14,000 men and no houses
What was Washington's greatest Challenge as leaders?
July 12th, Spetemeber
When do the British open fire on New York
- July 4th, 1776
When is the Declaration of Independence signed?
- Bon Steubn - train the soldiers to fight close war
Who does Washington recruit to change the tide of the war? What his job?
- drinker -gambler - smart -leader of rifles
Who is Daniel Morgan?
average kid, joins the army when he is 15, guards New York
Who is Joseph Plumb Martin?
- spys - warned Washington about the French fleek
Who was Cupler's gang? How did they help the revolution
Treaty of Paris
agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War and established British recognition of the independence of the United States
Battle of Yorktown
last major battle of the Revolutionary War, sit of General Charles Cornwallis's surrendered on October 19th 1781
Battle of Saratoga
the turning point of the Revolutionary War, battle in New York that resulted in a major defeat of British troops, marked the Patriots greatest victory up to the point in the war