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Don’t fire until you see the white of their eyes
William Prescott
Advantages to the Americans
- Fighting for independence
2. Leadership of Washington
Disadvantages of the American
- Poorly trained army/ no navy
2. Very little money for supplies
Two disadvantages of the British
- Unfamiliar territory
2. Mercenary soldiers
Advantages of the British
- Best trained army / navy
2, unlimited supplies
3 reasons why people remained loyal
- Jobs
- Wealth
- They thought the British can win
Last battle of the rev
Yorktown
3 results of rev
- U.s independence
- New society where people can rule themselves
- Americans started to question slavery
What treaty ended the rev
Treaty of Paris
E pluribus unum
Out of many people there’s one nation
U.s motto
Payed foreigners were called
Hessian
Act the British stopped all trading ports
Probability act
Oldest alliance
American and France
Swamp fox
Francis Marion
American naval hero
John Paul jones
American General
Nathaniel Greene
British General
Charles Cornwallis
Disguised as a male to fight in the continental army
Deborah Sampson
In charge of raising money for the Americans
Haymaker salomen
Trained / disciplined the amer. Army
Friedrich Von Lafayette
Close aid to Washington ( french )
Friedrich Von Steuben
American spy
Nathan hale
Hero of Sarasota but later own be a traitor to am.
Benedict Arnold
Af am. Fought in bunker hill
Peter Salem