7 Ch.6: The American Revolution

the American colonies declared independence from Great Britain in July 1775

• true

• false

British advantages during the war included a stronger military, greater wealth, and a larger population

• t

• f

at least one-half of all American colonists were Tories

• t

• f

most of the soldiers in the Continental Army signed up for the duration for the war

• t

• f

Nathan Hale was a Patriot soldier who became a traitor and spied for the British

• t

• f

Patriot forces

• Continental Army

• Friedrich von Steuben

• guerilla warfare

• privateers

African American Patriot

• Lemuel Hayes

• Friedrich von Steuben

• George Washington

• Crispus Attucks

drilled Patriots at Valley Forge

• Continental Army

• George Washington

• Friedrich von Steuben

• Lemuel Hayes

merchant warships

• privateers

• buccanears

• pirates

• sailors

hit and run war technique

• fight or flight

• guerilla warfare

• trench warfare

• atomic bomb