American Revolution The Final Years of the War

Match the following

• waiting to attack by surprise

• ratify

• tactic in which an enemy is surrounded and starved to make them surrender

• siege

• to approve or confirm

• strategy

• plan to achieve a goal

• ambush

Commander of a powerful French army of 6,000 men. He joined Washington and helped defeat the British at Yorktown

• Comte de Rochambeau

• Admiral de Grasse

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Touissaint Louverture

This treaty ended the American Revolutionary War. Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay negotiated for the Americans. Britain recognized the United States as an independent country

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

Army officers met to discuss their grievances concerning the Continental Congress. They discussed staging a coup and seizing control of the new government. The plan stopped when George Washington refused to support the plan.

• Suffolk Resolves

• Newburgh Conspiracy

• Hartford Convention

• Newtown Conspiracy

Led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War. He stepped down from power, when he could have had total control of the United States, to return home to Mount Vernon

• George Jones

• George Rogers Clark

• Washington Irving

• George Washington

Leader of French naval forces. He blocked British reinforcements and prevented the British from escape at Yorktown

• Comte de Rochambeau

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Admiral de Grasse

• Toussaint Louverture

The last major battle of the Revolution. Washington's army, with help from French naval and military forces, forced the surrender of a large British army commanded by Gen. Cornwallis

• St. Guilford Courthouse

• Charles Town

• Nashborough

• Yorktown

1789 Rebellion in which the French people overthrew their monarchy and made the country a republic; changes were followed by violent turmoil and executions; eventually led to Napoleon's takeover

• Acadian Revolution

• Catholic Revolution

• BonScott Revolution

• French Revolution

Leader of the Haitian revolution; under his military and political leadership, Haiti gained independence and abolished slavery. Haiti became the first black ruled republic in the Americas. He died in exile in France

• Marquis de L'ouverture

• Toussaint L'ouverture

• Josephinto L'ouverture

• Toussaint Duvallie

The United States became a free country; the borders ran from the Atlantic Coast to the Mississippi River, Southern border of Canada and the Northern border of Florida; all Loyalist property would be returned; debts would be repaid to British merchants; British troops would be removed from American territory

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Treaty of Paris 1763