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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 him services to Gen. Washington and became a trusted aid 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 and 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.
Abigail Adams
The wife of John Adams who argued for women's rights and that women shouldnt 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 Jone
He was a daring young daval officer and hero who raided British ports. His ship the “Bonhomme Richard” did battle with the British warship the “Serapis”. Jones famous reply to a British attempt to get him to surrender was “I have not yet begun to fight”
Battle of Moore’s Cree
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 the South Carolina and was nicknamed “the Swamp Fox”
Nathanael Greene
This American General replaced General Gated 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 Grass
French Naval Commander who advanced on the British at Yorktown instead of New York City in 1781
Battle of Yorktown
By September 1781, 14000 French and American troops Trapped Cornwallis 8000 British Troops at Yorktown, where Cornwallis surrendered and the British soldiers were captured
John Adams
Patriot from Massachusetts, who represented to US at the Treaty of Paris 1783
Treaty of Paris 1783
This officially ended the Revolutionary War
GB 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
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