chapter 6 matching test

Hessian

Hessian

German mercenaries who fought for the British during the revolution. We're Not loyal and only care about being paid.

Molly Pitcher

her real name was Mary Ludwig Hays and she was given the nickname molly pitcher for her efforts to bring water to american soldiers in battle.

Gen. William Howe

he was a British general. Led British to victory at battle of bunker hill.

Nathan Hale

he Is a teacher form Connecticut who volunteered to be a spy. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

Lemuel Hayes

he was a christian minister and african american patriot who joined up with eathen allen's green mountain boys and helped capture fort ticonderoga.

Peter Salem

he was an african american patriot who fought at concord and the battle of bunker hill against the british.

Benedict Arnold

at one time he was a valued American patriot and general for washington. However, after the battle of Saratoga he became one of the most hated traitors in American history.

Gen. Horatio Gates

he was the American commander who led his troops to victory at the turning point battle of Saratoga 1777.

Bernardo de Galvez

Spanish governor of Louisiana who raised an army when Spain declared war on England. He captured British forts at Mobile 1780 and Pensacola 1781.

Marquis de Lafayette

French noble who offered his services to Gen. Washington and became a trusted aide to him at Valley Forge.

Friedrich von Steuben

This officer from Prussia also wanted to help Washington’s troops. He taught the troops military discipline and turned the ragged army into an effective fighting force.

Juan de Miralles

Arrived in Philadelphia as a representative of Spain 1778. He urged Spain, Cuba, and Mexico to send financial aid to the colonies. He befriended many Patriots and loaned money to their cause.

Judith Sargeant Murray

Wrote an essay on education and argued that women’s minds are as good as men’s and therefore girls should be allowed to receive the same schooling as boys.

Abigail Adams

The wife of John Adams who argued for women’s rights and that women should not obey any laws that they do not have a say in.

George Rogers Clark

A lieutenant in the Virginia militia. In July 1778, he and 175 soldiers sailed west on the Ohio river and captured British posts at Kaskaskia in Illinois, and Vincennes in Indiana.

John Paul Jones

He was a daring young naval officer and hero who raided British ports. His ship the “Bonhommme Richard” did battle with the British warship the “Serapis' '. Jones's famous reply to a British attempt to get him to surrender was “I have not yet begun to fight”.

Battle of Moore’s Creek

Located near Wilmington, N. C. and in 1776 the Americans crushed the Loyalists at this battle.

General Charles Cornwallis

This British general was given Command of British troops in the South, and under his command the British would lose several key battles including at Yorktown and the final surrender on England.

Francis Marion

He was a successful guerilla leader catching the British troops off their guard. He operated out of the swamps of South Carolina and was nicknamed “the Swamp Fox”.

Nathanael Greene

This American general replaced General Gates as commander in the South. He defeated Cornwallis at Cowpens, South Carolina.

Comte de Rochambeau

In 1780, this French naval commander arrived at Newport off the coast of Rhode Island to provide much needed aid to American troops.

Francois de Grasse

French naval commander who advanced on the British at Yorktown instead of New York City in 1781.

Battle of Yorktown

By September 1781, 14,000 French and American troops trapped Cornwallis’s 8,000 British troops at Yorktown, where Cornwallis surrendered and the British soldiers were captured.

John Adams

Patriot from Massachusetts, who  represented the US at the Treaty of Paris 1783.

John Jay

Patriot leader from NY who served as a delegate from NY at the Treaty of Paris 1783.

Treaty of Paris 1783

This officially ended the Revolutionary War. Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States of America. The US acquired British lands from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico and from the Ohio Valley to the Mississippi River. Loyalist property would be returned to citizens who had it taken during the war.