Chapter 4 section 4 - Winning the War

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Friedrich von Steuben

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a Prussian military officer who played a leading role by reforming the Continental Army into a disciplined fighting force.

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Marquis de Lafayette

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was a French nobleman and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army

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What was the British strategy in the South and how well did it work initially?

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In their greatest victory of the war, the British captured Charles Town, South Carolina, in May 1780 and marched 5,500 American soldiers off as prisoners of war.

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How did generals Morgan and Greene work together to defeat British forces?

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-- Greene harassed Cornwallis as he retreated

-- Morgan and his men led the British on a grueling chase through rough countryside

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How did the French forces contribute to the American victory at Yorktown?

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A French naval force blocked the entrance to the Chesapeake Bay, thereby preventing a British rescue by sea - stranded on the peninsula of Yorktown

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What issues did the Treaty of Paris leave unresolved?

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-- land interests of their Native Americans

-- did not specify when the British would evacuate their American forts

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egalitarianism

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a belief in the equality of all people