American Republic Chapter 6 Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What two things did the War put greater emphasis on?

education and reform

What did Americans wonder what could be consistent with the ideals of liberty and equality after the War?

slavery

The main result from the War for Independence

American gained its independence from Britain.

a document signed on September 3, 1783 formally granting the American colonies independence

Treaty of Paris

British victories in the South

Guilford Courthouse, Camden, Charleston, and Savannah

Patriot victories in the South

Kings Mountain, Cowpens, and Yorktown

the date that ended the Battle of Yorktown (essentially the end of the War)

October 19, 1781

Cornwallis's only threat during the Battle of Yorktown; a French volunteer

Marquis de Lafayette

the battle that led to the formal surrender of General Cornwallis's army; ending the War for Independence

Battle of Yorktown

a name for the Patriot frontiersmen that devastated almost all of Ferguson's force

over-mountain men

Patriot frontiersmen victory in the battle against Loyalist forces in South Carolina in 1780

Kings Mountain

a British major who issued a degree to frontiersmen of the Carolina foothills that if they did not lay down their weapons he would "lay waste the countryside with fire and sword"

Patrick Ferguson

Patriot general in the South

Nathanael Greene

British general in the South

Charles Cornwallis

South Carolina's most important city that the British besieged from March to May 1780; also called Charles Towne

Charleston

this woman held loyalist men at gunpoint until neighbors arrived

Nancy Hart

this woman had a reputation for daring acts of bravery against the Indians; nicknamed "Mad Anne"

Anne Bailey

this woman took charge of her husband's cannon after he was wounded and fired it for him; earned the nickname "Molly Pitcher" by serving as a water carrier during the Battle of Monmouth

Mary Hays

this woman went to war with her husband and took his position after he died

Margaret Corbin

British victories in the Middle Colonies

Germantown and Brandywine

Patriot victories in the Middle Colonies

Fort Ticonderoga, Saratoga, Fort Stanwix, Trenton, and Princeton

a Patriot leader who led forces in capturing Fort Ticonderoga but became dissatisfied and plotted with the British to surrender the fort in exchange for a large sum

Benedict Arnold

the most famous American navy officer of the war where he defeated the British at sea

John Paul Jones

merchant ships modified as fighting vessels

privateers

a Patriot general who organized a force to go into the Ohio Valley region and captured two frontier outposts there

George Rogers Clark

Washington's army headquarters outside Philadelphia for the winter of 1777-1778

Valley Forge

Who did America gain as an ally after the Battle at Saratoga?

France

the battle resulting in a significant Patriot victory which became a major turning point of the War for Independence

Battle at Saratoga

a British general who lead a British army south from Canada to New York

John Burgoyne

Three British generals involved in the three-pronged assault on New York in order to isolate New England from the colonies

General George Howe, General Barry St. Leger, General John Burgoyne

What did the battles of Trenton and Princeton increase for Americans?

morale

battle that occurred after Trenton; a Patriot victory

Battle of Princeton

the battle against Hessian soldiers in New Jersey after George Washington crossed the Delaware River; a Patriot victory

Battle of Trenton

a twenty-one year old schoolteacher who spied on Britain

Nathan Hale

British general in the North (New York)

General William Howe

two important values on which the American government would be built on

liberty and equality

the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

the document adopted on July 4, 1776, declaring the thirteen colonies to be separate from Britain

Declaration of Independence

What did "Common Sense" turn colonists toward?

independence

How many copies of "Common Sense" were printed?

half a million

the writer of "Common Sense"

Thomas Paine

a pamphlet that identified actions of the king and parliament that led to the "common sense" conclusion that the colonies should separate from Britain

Common Sense

individuals who opposed war

pacifists

feared they would suffer financial loss if they chose sides, were not greatly concerned about the conflict unless it came near their homes, were pacifists

neutral colonists

believed in representative government, saw taxes as a loss of liberty, feared the colonists' religious liberties might be threatened, resented Parliament's interference with trade

patriots

called Tories, feared a civil war would devastate the colonies, feared mob rule and chaos might result, feared cutting ties with Britain, saw the king as God's authority, remained loyal because of family connections

loyalists

British victories in the North

Lexington, Boston, and Bunker Hill

Patriot victories in the North

Fort Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and Concord

colonists who opposed fighting Britain

loyalists

hired soldiers, or mercenaries, from Germany

Hessians

individuals who favored fighting the British who took possession of Bunker Hill and Breed's Hill

patriots

battle on Breed's Hill near Boston in 1775 resulting in a costly British victory

Battle of Bunker Hill

leader of the Green Mountain Boys that captured Fort Ticonderoga

Ethan Allen

British fort located in New York that was captured in 1775 by the Green Mountain Boys and other soldiers

Fort Ticonderoga

a petition for peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III

Olive Branch Petition

troops controlled by the Second Continental Congress and commanded by George Washington

Continental Army

the Colonial government that assembled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 10,1775

Second Continental Congress