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Chapter 5- The American Revolution

  1. Abigail Adams: Wife of John Adams. During the Revolutionary War, she wrote letters to her husband describing life on the homefront. She urged her husband to remember America's women in the new government he was helping to create.

    1. Articles of Confederation: 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
    2. Battle of Brandywine: Battle during which the Continental Army unsuccessfully
      tried to stop the British from marching into Philadelphia (1777)
    3. Battle of Cowpens: An overwhelming victory by American Revolutionary forces
      under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan, in the Southern campaign of the American
      Revolutionary War.
    4. Battle of Guilford Courthouse: March 15, 1781 battle between the forces of
      Cornwallis and Greene near Guilford Courthouse (modern day Greensboro, N.C.)
      The British won a thin victory in the battle, but the win sapped much of the British
      strength.
    5. Battle of Kings Mountain: This battle was fought between 2 militias; the Loyalists versus the Patriots. The Patriots won.
    6. Battle of Long Island and White Plains: British cannonball hit unprepared
      American troops; British, led by William Howe, could have captured retreating
      Americans, but failed to pursue it
    7. Battle of Trenton: On Christmas day at night, Washington's soldiers began
      crossing the Deleware River. The next morning, they suprise attacked the British
      mercenaries which were Hessians.
    8. Battle of Yorktown: Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis and
      his troops were trapped in the Chesapeake Bay by the French fleet. He was
      sandwiched between the French navy and the American army. He surrendered
      October 19, 1781.
    9. Battles of Saratoga: a series of conflicts between British soldiers and the
      Continental Army in 1777 that proved to be a turning point in the Revolutionary
      War

  2. Benedict Arnold: American General who was labeled a traitor when he assisted the British in a failed attempt to take the American fort at West Point.

  3. Benjamin Franklin: American intellectual, inventor, and politician He helped
    to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.

  4. Charles Cornwallis: Commanding general of the British forces that were defeated at Yorktown in 1781, ending the American Revolution.

  5. citizen-soldier: A soldier who returns home and resumes his life when the fighting is over

  6. Clark's Rangers: a small force of frontiersmen through the freezing waters
    of the Illinois country to capture British-held Fort Sackville at Vincennes during
    February 1779

  7. Daniel Morgan: Continental Colonel of regular army and some militia. Master
    of guerilla warfare. Given credit for winning the Battle of Cowpens.

  8. Deborah Simpson: - passed as a man and served as a soldier for a year

  • became high ranking officer until her identity was discovered
  1. direct democracy: A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not
    through representatives
  2. Francois-Joseph-Paul de Grasse: Admiral who commanded a French fleet
    in American waters. He helped Washington and Rochambeau force Cornwallis to
    surrendur at Yorktown. Eventually, a British fleet met and defeated his fleet in the
    West Indies.
  3. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben: Former Prussian military officer who volunteered his services during Valley Forge to train Continental forces how to operate
    as an army.
  4. George Washington: 1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief
    of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
  5. Henry Clinton: Commander-in-Chief of the British army in American replacing
    General Howe after the Battle of Saratoga.
  6. Henry Laurens: leader of the American Revolution and president of the Continental Congress (1724-1792)
  7. Hessians: German soldiers hired by George III to smash Colonial rebellion,
    proved good in mechanical sense but they were more concerned about money
    than duty.
  8. Horatio Gates: Burgoyne was forced to surrender his command to this American general on October 17,1777 at the battle of Saratoga.
  9. inoculations and smallpox: fervent during war time and caused the lives and
    lost limbs of many
  10. John Adams: America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor
    of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of press "ought not to be restrained.”
  11. John Burgoyne: British general in the American Revolution who captured Fort
    Ticonderoga but lost the battle of Saratoga in 1777 (1722-1792)
  12. John Jay: United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with
    Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court
    (1745-1829)
  13. Joseph Brant: Mohawk chief who led many Iroquois to fight with Britain
    against American revolutionaries
  14. Lafayette: French major general who aided the colonies during the Revolutionary War. He and Baron von Steuben (a Prussian general) were the two major
    foreign military experts who helped train the colonial armies.
  15. Lord Dunmore: Royal governor of Virginia who issued a proclamation promising freedom for any enslaved black in Virginia who joined the British army
  16. Lord North: British Prime Minister during revolution. He had passed the Coercive Acts and supported the king greatly to the extent that Britain was ruled only
    by the king.
  17. Loyalists: American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the
    war for independence
  18. Nathanael Greene: American general of Rhode Island, helped to turn the tide
    against Cornwallis and his British army, used geography of land
  19. Patrick Ferguson: leader of the American Loyalist at the Battle of King's
    Mountain-Loser
  20. representative democracy: A system of government in which citizens elect
    representatives, or leaders, to make decisions about the laws for all the people.
  21. republican ideology: Political belief in representative democracy in which
    citizens govern themselves by electing representatives, or legislators, to make key
    decisions on the citizens' behalf.
  22. Richard Montgomery: A formerly British General, he then led the colonists.
    He led a successful attack into Montreal, then on to Quebec. Montgomery's attack
    on Quebec failed and he was killed, thus, the whole invasion into Canada failed.
  23. state constitutions: During the war, most states had their own const. to spell
    out the rights of citizens and set limits on the gvns. power.
  24. The American Crisis: An essay by Thomas Paine read by George Washington
    to his troops shortly before crossing the Delaware River.
  25. Thomas Jefferson: Wrote the Declaration of Independence
  26. Thomas Paine: American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer (born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence and supported
    the French Revolution (1737-1809)
  27. Tories: Another name for Loyalists
  28. Treaty of Alliance: Treaty where France agreed to help the colonists win their
    independence from England
  29. Treaty of Paris 1783: This treaty ended the Revolutionary War, recognized
    the independence of the American colonies, and granted the colonies the territory
    from the southern border of Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from
    the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River
  30. Valley Forge: Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778,
    a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutriton, Steuben comes and trains
    troops
  31. Virginian Statute of Religious Freedom: a statement about both freedom of
    conscience and the principle of separation of church and state. Written by Thomas
    Jefferson and passed by the Virginia General Assembly on January 16, 1786, it is
    the forerunner of the first amendment protections for religious freedom.
  32. William Howe: during the summer of 1776, he led hundreds of British ships and 32,000 British soldiers to New York, and offered Congress the choice between surrender with royal pardon and a battle against the odds, and despite having far fewer troops, the Americans rejected the offer.