Chapter 7 Test Review, The American Revolution

What change occurred in the U.S as a result of independence?

What challenges did Washington face as Commander of the Continental Army?

Baron de Kalb trained Washington's army and improved their fighting methods

Secured the region west of the Appalachian Mountains for the U.S

went to France to persuade the French to help Americans gain independence

Why did African Americans fight for the British during the war?

Much of the cooking, washing, and nursing care of soldiers in the U.S was done by former slaves

This Spaniard captured British strongholds in the lower Mississippi river valley and Florida

What were the results of the Battles of Saratoga?

Abandoned his pacifist beliefs to serve in Washington's army

Republicanism is the idea that the people of a country should rule

His surrender caused the British to give up the war and accept American independence.

Guerilla warfare in the Middle Colonies led to the most vicious fighting of the Revolution.

After the war, Elizabeth Freeman sued for freedom in the courts and won.

He served in Washington's army and helped convince France to send an army to America

Why did Thomas Paine write "the American Crisis?"

When war broke out, how did most Americans feel about the conflict?

Why is the naval battle of John Paul Jones important?

During the revolution, who made up the American army?

After the revolution, many native Americans and African Americans fled to Canada to live.

Why did Great Britain move the war south?