Chapter 6 Review Sheet

Class Notes

Key People• Hessians: mercenaries hired by the British to fight

the Patriots.• Friedrich Von Steuben: German army officer who

trained Patriot troops at Valley Forge.• Lemuel Hayes: African American Patriot who fought

in the Revolutionary War.• Marquis de Lafayette: French nobleman who

became one of George Washington’s most trusted aides.

• Nathan Hale: Patriot spy who disguised himself as a teacher to trick the British.

• John Paul Jones: Famous privateer captain who was known for saying, “I have not yet begun to fight!”

• George Washington: Commander of the Continental army; led the Patriots to victory.

• Charles Cornwallis: British commander who surrendered his troops to George Washington in Yorktown.

Review Questions1. Continental Army.2. Tories are also known as Loyalists.3. Carolinas and Georgia had the

strongest Loyalist support.4. The New England colonies had the

weakest Loyalist support.5. Hessians fought for the British

because they were paid.6. Washington attacked the British at

Yorktown because he knew that Lafayette’s troops and Rochambeau’s troops were headed there, so he would have lots of help.

7. The French and the Spanish helped the Patriots.

8. Privateers are armed private ships.9. Hit and run tactics used by the Patriots

against the British were called Guerrilla Warfare.

10. South Carolina refused to allowed African American to fight.

11. In The Treaty of Paris, Britain recognized the US as a free and independent nation, promised to remove troops from the Appalachian Mountains and allowed the US to fish off the coast of Canada.

12. After resigning from the army, Washington planned to return to his home, Mount Vernon.

13. The Polish officers who helped train American troops were Casimir Pulaski and Thaddeaus Koskuisko.

14. The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.

15. Washington Read Thomas Paine’s, “The Crisis” to his troops to encourage them not to give up.

16. Washington launched a surprise attack against the Hessians n Christmas night in Philadelphia.

17.Deborah Sampson dressed up as a man so she could fight in the Continental Army

British Advantages:• Large, professional army• Large, powerful navy• Plentiful money and supplies.

Patriot advantages:• Fighting the war at home- easy access

to supplies and sooldiers.• Fighting for freedom; had a strong

desire to win.• Had help from foreign nations such as

France and Spain.