Spanish who convinced Cuba, Spain, and Mexico to send financial aid to Patriots

Ambassador to France, signed Treaty of Paris

Fighting on own ground, motivation for independence, George Washington

American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution with French becoming Allies

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.

Polish cavalry officer; trained soldiers to ride in battle

Immigrants from other countries came to help train and fight with Patriots

Loyalist support and sea power would be British advantages

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

some served as nurses, Molly Pitcher famous for helping when her husband was killed, most ran businesses and farms

Yorktown was a peninsula (surrounded on 3 sides by water), British could escape and didn't have reinforcements

warships prevented supplies and reinforcements from reaching an area

Commander of the Continental Army