Tuttle Twins Chapter 4 American History Vol 2

Emily and Ethan joined their parents on a trip to visit their grandparents. They noticed that prices of food and gas were rising quickly, but they understood that this was due to–––––––––––––the increase in the supply of money.

• low prices

• inflation

• milk gone bad

• deflation

During the Revolutionary War, the –––––––––––––––printed paper money as a sneaky way to take wealth from the citizens in order to pay for the war costs, and even make some of themselves rich too. Inflation was a secret tax.

• Charles Lee

• George Washington

• Continental Congress

• Valley Forge

Politicians put price controls to stop shop owners and farmers from raising their prices, which caused food and supply shortages. This was one of the main

reasons why the winter at ––––––––––––was so devastating and deadly for the Continental Army.

• Valley Forge

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Pennsylvania

• Fort Pitt

The first strategy of the British military was to control the waterways of

their port cities, particularly around––––––––––––––,

––––––––––––– and –––––––––––––––––. After the Patriot victory at Saratoga, the British realized they could no longer win with that strategy because the French navy was on its way to help the Americans!

• New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina

• Boston, New York, Philadelphia

• Virginia, New York, New Jersey

• North Carolina, Delaware, Maryland

–––––––––––––– questioned Washington’s ability to lead, his men stood beside him—they were loyal to him.

• General Cornwallis

• George Washington

• Frank Wallis

• Charles Lee

a judicial court for trying members of the armed services accused of offenses against military law.

• Fort Pitt

• Inflation

• Cort Martial

• Continental Dollar

The coins, which were designed by Benjamin Franklin, were minted in 1776

• Brandywine Bridge

• Continental Dollar

• American Money

• Euros

A fort built by British forces between 1759 and 1761 during the French and Indian War at the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, where the Ohio River is formed in western Pennsylvania

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Fort Washington

• Fort Pitt

• Fort Jersey