Chapter 7: The American Revolution
rendezvous
A meeting of three British armies at Albany, New York for example
pacifist
A person who is opposed to war
John Paul Jones
American naval officer who won the sea battle against the British warship Serapis
guerrilla
In the South, both Patriots and Loyalists formed ___ bands and carried out vicious attacks.
Valley Forge
In the winter of 1777-1778, Washington and his army camped at ___ in southeast Pennsylvania.
Trenton
The Americans captured or killed more than 900 Hessians in the ___ on Christmas Day, 1776.
Lord Cornwallis
The British army whose surrender signaled Great Britain's defeat in the American Revolution was led by ___.
strategy
The British plan to cut off New England from the other states is an example of a ___
New England
The British wanted to seize the Hudson River Valley to cut off ___ from the other states.
Mississippi River
The Spanish general, Bernardo de Gálvez, captured the ___ strongholds of Natchez and Baton Rouge.
republicanism
The idea of ___ held that the people possessed the sole power to rule.
Battle of Yorktown
The last major battle of the war ended on October 19, 1781, when Cornwallis surrendered his force of 8,000 in the ___.
Saratoga
The turning point of the American Revolution
Marquis de Lafayette
a teenage French nobleman who came to America to fight for the Patriots' cause
George Washington
commanded the Continental Army
Treaty of Paris of 1783
ended the Revolutionary War
France
gave secret aid to the Americans
George Rogers Clark
his victories on the frontier gave the Americans claim to land west of the Appalac
General Howe
invaded Pennsylvania, defeated Washington at the battle of Brandywine, and occupied Philadelphia late in September of 1777.
bayonets
long knives that were attached to the ends of patriot guns
privateer
privately owned ship that a wartime government gave permission to attack an enemy's merchant ships
General Burgoyne
surrendered to the Continental Army because at the Battles of Saratoga.
James Forten
teenage Patriot sailor of African-American descent who was captured by the British and later became famous for his efforts to end slavery
Baron von Steuben
trained Washington's army to move in lines and columns and how to handle weapons properly
Hessians
were professional soldiers from a German state hired to fight for Britain