6-3 and 6-4 Flashcards
(12 cards)
Continental
Paper money printed by the Continental Congress.
George Rogers Clark
Leader whose small force conquered key British forts in the West.
John Paul Jones
American naval commander in the American Revolution said “ I have not yet begun to fight.” His ship, The Bonhomme Richard defeated The Serapis.
Betsy Ross
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington.
Deborah Sampson
Patriot who disguised herself as a man and served in the Continental Army.
Mary Ludwig Hays
The wife of a soldier, she earned this nickname “Molly Pitcher” by carrying pitchers of water to soldiers. When her husband was wounded, she took his place firing a cannon.
General Cornwallis
British general who fought the Patriots in the south, surrounded at Yorktown and surrendered to George Washington.
Francis Marion (Swamp Fox)
South Carolina militia leader nicknamed the “Swamp Fox” for his hit-and-run attacks on the British during the American Revolution.
Benedict Arnold
American General who became a traitor when he assisted the British in a failed attempt to take the American fort at West Point.
Battle of Yorktown (1781)
Last major battle of American Revolution that took place in Virginia. The French Navy cut off the British escaping by water. American and French troops cut off an escape by land.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War. Britain recognized the independence of the American colonies and granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of Spanish Florida to the northern border of British Canada and from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River.
Reasons the Americans won the Revolutionary War
-Knowledge of the geography of the land.
-Fighting on their home soil.
-Skilled leaders like Washington.
-Help from France, Spain and The Netherlands.
-Fighting for freedom and more determined to win.
