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American Revolution Part II

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  • What was Washington’s military strategy after 1776?
    His strategy was to tire out the British with a defensive war dragging it out.
  • King George III hired 30,000 mercenaries called Hessians from where?
    Germany.
  • When was the Treaty of Paris signed?
    1783.
  • What was a clear disadvantage for General Burgoyne?
    Did not know the territory.
  • What effect did the American victory at Saratoga have on the Americans?
    European countries helped Americans against the British
  • Why did many Loyalists settled in British Canada after the war?
    They believed they would be treated unfairly.
  • What was the result of the American victories at Trenton and Princeton?
    Showed Americans that they could win.
  • What condition were the Continental Army soldiers in after the New York battle in 1776?
    They had little clothing, lack of food, and poor health.
  • What is the first paragraph of the Declaration of Independence called
    Preamble.
  • Guerrilla warfare helped America during the war by doing what?
    Surprise quick attacks and then disappearing into the woods.
  • How did the French contribute to the trap set up by George Washington at Yorktown?
    They sent thousand of troops to America and helped surrounded Yorktown by cutting off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay.
  • Why did many of the British people not support the war?
    Taxes to the people in Britain were growing.
  • When Washington took command of the Continental Army, what kind of shape was it in?
    Lack of gunpowder.
  • What was important about the battle of Yorktown?
    Last battle of the Revolution
  • What group prevented a British victory in the South?
    Militia men.
  • General Washington led his troops across the Delaware River, and achieved victory in what city?
    Trenton.
  • How were the British defeated at the Battle of Yorktown?
    Surround by land and sea.
  • When was the Declaration of Independence written and signed?
    1776
  • Why did Cornwallis eventually surrender to America?
    The navy for the British never came to help him.
  • In addition to independence, what did the Treaty of Paris give to the Americans?
    The land given to Britain from the French which was land east of the Mississippi.
  • When Congress desperately printed money to fund the war what resulted?
    Inflation. Value of money decreased.
  • Who secretly aided the Americans at the start of the Revolutionary War?
    The French
  • What dates correspond with the American Revolution?
    1775-1783
  • What nation became an American ally after the victory at Saratoga?
    France.
  • What was the Olive Branch Petition?
    Last petition for peace written to the king.
  • What was the significance of Valley Forge?
    Where Americans learned to train to fight.
  • Why did the distance between America and Great Britain weaken the British in the war?
    Supples were expensive to transport and it was a slow process.
  • When the Americans attacked their enemy in Trenton, the Hessians did what?
    They surrendered to the Americans
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