Chapter 6 People/Events

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

1. 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

1. 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