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