Ch 4 First Half of Revolutionary War

reliance on mercenaries

a militia

strongest navy

better knowledge of the land

regular army

a strong, skilled leader

biggest navy

more mercenaries

greater wealth

fighting on their own ground

largest navy

a regular professional army

1 in 2

there were no loyalists

1 in 5

1 in 50

Women who disguised themselves as men to fight in the war

The cooks in the military

German mercenaries (hired soldiers) who fought for the British

Another name for American soldiers

Trenton & Princeton

King's Mountain

Saratoga & Valley Forge

Bunker Hill

Americans won and this boosted American morale

Great Britain won due to victories of the Hessians

Washington gained the support of France after this battle

Washington captured cannons and brought them to push the British out of Boston

seize Albany, seize New York and Control the Hudsons River splitting the colonies in two

seize Charleston, Baltimore and convince Virginia to rejoin Britain

Control Canada and the Ohio River Valley

Americans kept contol of the Huson River in this battle so the French backed them.

The Colonists joined forces with the British.

The British surrendered and the war ended.

Americans regained Philadelphia from the British

Saratoga

Yorktown

Valley Forge

Trenton