Chapter6 Flashcards
What were 3 advantages that the British had over the Colonists?
Stronger millitary greater wealth larger population
What was another name for loyalists?
Tories
What percentage of Colonists were loyalists?
About 20% of them
What were Hessians?
Were merchants (hired solders)
What was the main goal for Hessians?
To make money
What was the biggest advantage that the Patriots had?
Geroge washington leadership
What was significant about the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga?
It was a suprise attack that allowed the americans to take much needed brithish cannons
By the end of the American Revolution, what was the only state to not have African Americans fighting?
South carolina
What was the name of the surprise attack on Christmas 1776 where Washington crossed the Delaware River?
The battle of trenton
Where was the American capital during the American Revolution?
Philadelpia
Why was the Battle of Saratoga the turning point of the American Revolution?
Benedict aronld
What significant thing did James Robertson establish in modern day East Tennessee?
Estabish homes in this former land
What was the purpose of the Watauga Petitions of 1772?
Were created to create a 10 year lease on the land from cheerokee
What did the Watauga Petitions also help create west of the Appalachian Mountains?
The first strutred goverment west of tha Appalation Mountains
Who helped create the Transylvania Purchase with the Cherokee?
Richard henderson
