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A fiery Patriot, who stayed with his Green Mountain Boys. He helped capture Fort Ticonderoga.
Benedict Arnold
The Massachusetts hotheads, decided to send him and a militia group to Fort Ticonderoga, New York, to capture the fort from the British.
Sarah Bache
organized women to sew clothing for the troops
Margaret Cochran
took over her husband's position at a cannon and was severely wounded by musket balls.
Lord Cornwallis
ordered to find a deep water harbor for a British fleet that had sailed for the lower Chesapeake Bay with reinforcements. He found Yorktown along the York River.
Ben Franklin
he schmoozed the French King and his court
Mary Ludwig Hays
She followed her husband into the battle and carried pitchers of water to soldiers. She was nicknamed, Molly Pitcher. When her husband was injured, she took his place at the cannon.
John Paul Jones
“Surrender! I have yet begun to fight!” He was given command of a French Warship. His sailors and troops swarmed aboard the Serapis and captured the ship.
Thomas Paine
he wrote a pamphlet, called Common Sense, which was presented in plain language with many reasons why it made sense for the colonies to separate from the mother country. He also donated money earned from the pamphlet to the Continental Army.
Casimir Pulaski
He came from Poland, and was given the rank of general. He was put in charge of the colonial cavalry and became known as the Father of American Cavalry. He fought alongside Washington in many battles and was mortally wounded in the battle of Savannah Georgia.
George Washington
A Virginian who was selected as Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Francis Marion
A significant colonial leader in South Carolina. He is known as the Father of Guerilla Warfare.
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
a professional soldier from Germany, who offered to train Washington’s army without pay. He trained the soldiers at Valley Forge.
Betsy Ross
a Philadelphia seamstress, George Washington asked her to design a flag for the new country.
Alliances
friendships
Hessians
german soldiers hired to fight for the British.
Loyalists/Tories
Colonists who supported King George the third and Great Britain.
Mercenaries
soldiers who fight for money
Morale
enthusiasm or confidence.
Patriots
someone who supports their own country
Seige
to prevent a place from receiving help
Tyranny
cruel and unjust
Treaty of Paris
Philadelphia
The city captured after the Battle of Brandywine Creek
“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”
“I regret having but one life to lose for my country.”
Said by Thomas Hale
“As for me, give me liberty or give me death.”
“Surrender! I have yet begun to fight!”
When the Serapis’ captain asked
Why was it unwise for the colonies to start a revolution?
How did the French contribute to the American Revolution?
Why did the British switch their focus on the South towards the end of the war?
Guerilla Warfare
a type of fighting that uses hit-and-run tacticts by small groups of soldiers.
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