CharlesCornwallis | | last battle of the war |
Yorktown | | prevented Cornwallis from escaping by sea at Yorktown |
July41776 | | Turning point in war for the Americans; won over French support |
TreatyofParis | | Leader of the Vermont "Green Mt. Boys" |
PatrickHenry | | went over to France to win their ally-ship |
DeclarationofIndependence | | hit-and-run tactics used by Francis Marion |
AdmiraldeGrasse | | nickname for Francis Marion |
MarquisdeLafayette | | date the Declaration of Independence was signed |
NathanHale | | said "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" |
guerrilla | | one of Washington's closest friends; from France |
Saratoga | | surrendered the war to the Americans at Yorktown |
BenjaminFranklin | | announced that Britain had lost the war to the Americans |
France | | first battle of the war |
SwampFox | | president of the Declaration Commitee; signed his name very large |
KingGeorgethe3rd | | Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army |
GeorgeWashington | | American traitor; tried and failed to turn over West Point to the British |
JohnHancock | | hung as an American spy at Long Island |
Lexington | | King of Britain during the Revolutionary War |
ThomasJefferson | | announced that the colonies were free from British reign |
BenedictArnold | | ally of the Americans in the war |
EthanAllen | | leader of the Sons of Liberty |
SamAdams | | wrote the Declaration of Independence |