American Revolution JHS190

Leader of the Continental Army chosen by the Second Continental Congress

• George Washington

• Thomas Paine

• Baron von Steuben

• Alexander Hamilton

Loyalists

• Those who were loyal to the Patriots

• Slaves that were loyal to their owners on both sides of the war

• Those that were loyal to the crown, about 20% of the population

• A spy group that gave information to the Americans

A common belief in where the power of a government was located

• People

• Local Militia

• King

• Parliament

Largest contributor to American victory during the Revolution

• Loyalists refusing to participate in battle

• French military and financial support

• British failure to capture New York

• Successful defense of Valley Foge

Reason the French entered the Revolution

• Trade deals made between the Americans and the French

• American victory in the Battle of Saratoga

• Native American participation during the war

• Fur trade deals made with the French

Mercenaries hired by the British were

• Prussians/Hessians

• Russians

• French

• Austrians

Location of the training camp for the Continental Army

• Yorktown

• Boston

• Valley Forge

• Albany

Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War

• Treaty of Grenville

• Treaty of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Long Island

Besides independence, the Americans also won

• the property of loyalists

• Return of taxes collected from the Intolerable Acts

• British territory east of the Mississippi River

• 20% of the British fleet

Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence

• Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

• free elections for all men and women

• the right to expand west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Native Americans were equal landowners