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Ch.10 The American Revolution
Revolutionary War
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History
5th Grade
02/08/2010

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Term

 

A soldier paid to fight for another country is a _____.

 

 

Definition

 

  mercenary

 

 

Term

 

A person who measures land is a __________.

 

 

Definition

 

 surveyor

 

 

Term

 

Three British strengths going into the Revolutionary War are _____________.

Definition

 

1. most powerful navy in the world

2. German Mercenaries-Hessians

3. well trained-highly disciplined soldiers

Term

 

Two British weaknesses going into the Revolutionary War were _____________.

Definition

 1. war was not popular in Britian

2. slow and costly to fight a war thousands of miles away

Term

 

Three Patriot strengths at the beginning of the Revolutionary War were __.

Definition

1. They were defending their homes which gave them the will to keep fighting

2. Strong leadership of George Washington

3. knew the land

Term

 

Three Patriot weaknesses at the beginning of the Revolutionary War were ___.

Definition

1. Many men quit the army because they went without pay, food, uniforms, and weapons.

2. They entered the war with no army or navy.

3. Getting men to serve in the Continental Army was difficult.

Term
George Washington's first job was working as a ______________.
Definition

 

 

surveyor

Term
George Washington married __________ and moved to ______________.
Definition

 

Martha Custis, Mount Vernon

Term
Washington decided to leave the militia during the French and Indian War because ___.
Definition

 

 

 

the British lowered his rank because they did not want any colonist to rise above the rank of captain

Term

 

 

Who earned the nickname "Molly Pitcher" by carrying water to the soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth?

Definition

 

 

Mary Ludwig Hays

Term

 

 

List several ways women helped the Continental Army.

Definition

1. sewing socks, cooking soup, doing paperwork

2. tending to wounded

3. supporting their husbands in battle

4. carrying water for soldiers

5. disguising themselves as men and fighting

6. collecting money

7. establishing useful organizations

Term
Both the British and Patriots promised African Americans their ___________ in exchange for their support in their war.
Definition

 

 

 

freedom

Term

 

Haym Solomon helped the Patriots by ____________________.

Definition

 

urging German soldiers to leave the British army

Term

 

 

The Treaty of Alliance was __________.

Definition

 

The treaty the French signed with the United States during the American Revolution.

Term
On the night of December 25, 1776 _____________________________.
Definition
Washington surprised the British in New Jersey
Term
Washington was able to rebuild his army in 1777 because _______________________.
Definition

 

 

the French sent supplies.

Term
At Saratoga, the Americans were able to prove ______________________.
Definition

 

 

 

they could defeat the British

Term

 

France decided to help the colonists, so they signed the ______________________.

Definition

 

 

Treaty of Alliance

Term

 

 

A 21-year old teacher and Patriot spy who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

Definition

 

Nathan Hale

Term

 

A British general defeated at Saratoga was _________.

Definition

 

John Burgoyne

Term
The Polish engineer serving with the Americans was _____.
Definition

 

 Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Term

 

The Patriot general who won the Second Battle of Freeman's Farm was ______.

Definition

 

 Benedict Arnold

Term
What battle was the turning point of the war? Explain why it was important.
Definition

 

The Battle of Freeman's Farm or Saratoga

It showed that the Americans could defeat a large British force. It also convinced France to support the Americans by signing the Treaty of Alliance.

Term

 

A wealthy French noble who volunteered was _________.

Definition

Marquis de Lafayette

Term
The Prussian soldier who trained the Patriot soldiers at Valley Forge to become a powerful army was ______.
Definition

 

 Friedrich von Steuben

 

Term
How did George Rogers Clark recapture Fort Vincennes?
Definition
He tricked the British into believing he had a large army by having his troops yell as they attacked the fort.
Term
The Patriot captain of the Bonhomme Richard which defeated the Serapis in battle was _______________.
Definition

 John Paul Jones

Term
The purpose of a large scale map is ________.
Definition
to show a smaller area in greater detail
Term
 A map scale is __________.
Definition
A line like a measuring stick drawn on a map which uses a unit of measurement , such as an inch to represent a real distance on Earth
Term
The Second Treaty of Fort Stanwix is _____________.
Definition
the treaty by which the Iroquois lost their land in the Ohio River valley after the American Revolution.
Term
A small scale map is ______.
Definition

 

A map that shows a large area but not much detail.

Term
The Treaty of Paris of 1783 was ______________.
Definition
The peace treaty in which Great Britian recognized the United States as an independent country.
Term
The British put so much effort into fighting in the South because ________________.
Definition
 they were unable to advance north and west and hoped to control the South
Term
Bernardo de Galvez help the Patriot cause by _________.
Definition
opening the port of New Orleans to American ships and ending trade with Britian
Term
The Patriot captain known as the "Swamp Fox" was _____.
Definition

 

Francis Marion

Term
The general who led the Patriot forces in North Carolina was __________.
Definition

 

 General Nathanael Greene

Term
The enslaved African who spied on General Cornwallis for the Patriots was _______.
Definition

 

James Armistead

Term
The war ended when the British and Americans signed the ____________________.
Definition
 Treaty of Paris of 1783
Term

 

The _________ were the ally who helped the Patriots win at Yorktown.

Definition

 

French

Term
The Battle of Yorktown was important because it was the ______________________.
Definition

 

Last major battle of the Revolutionary War

Term
The Iroquois were forced to turn over their land under the _______________________.
Definition
Second Treaty of Fort Stanwix
Term
The Iroquois lost their land in the Ohio River Valley because ______________________.
Definition

 they sided with the British

Term

 A large scale map shows 

 ______________________.

Definition

 

 a small area in great detail

Term

 

A small scale map is used to see __________________.

Definition

 

a large area

Term

 

List the terms of the Treaty of Paris.

Definition

1. recognize the independence of the United States

2. land west of the Appalachians became part of the U.S.

3. Florida was returned to Spain

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