What was the final battle and who won the Revolution?
Yorktown, United States
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Explain how hit-and-run tactics (guerrilla warfare) forced the British to retreat to Yorktown, VA.
These tactics slowly weakened British forces and they were forced to retreat for reinforcements
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Prussian soldier who trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge
Baron Von Steuben
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Role of African Americans in the war
served both sides, British promised freedom, 5,000 served with Patriots
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Turning point battle in the South
Kings Mountain
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Patriot Advantages
Fighting on own ground, motivation for independence, George Washington
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Battle of Long Island
A 1776 battle in New York in which more than 1,400 Americans were killed, wounded, or captured forcing Patriots to retreat to New Jersey/Pennsylvania
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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 surrendered October 19, 1781.
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mercenary
hired soldier
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Marquis de Lafayette
trusted aide to Washington, general, from France
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Why did the British move the war to the South?
Loyalist support and sea power would be British advantages
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Benjamin Franklin
Ambassador to France, signed Treaty of Paris
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siege
blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of a place
