Chapter 7 TCI Test Quizlet
African Americans join Continental Army - ANS - hoped independence would lead
to an end of slavery
\Battle of Trenton - ANS - Washington has his men cross the icy Delaware River
on a cold night and captures the Hessians by surprise
\Cornwallis - ANS - British commander who said he was ill and did not attend the
surrender ceremony at Yorktown
\effect of African Americans helping the cause for independence - ANS - many
colonies began to take steps to end slavery
\Encouraged other nations to fight for their independence - ANS - American
Revolution world impact
\European countries came to the aid of America - ANS - an effect of the American
victory at Saratoga
\France - ANS - American ally after victory at Saratoga
\George Washington - ANS - Commander of the Continental Army
\guerilla troops - ANS - prevented a British victory in the South
\guerilla warfare - ANS - Military tactic of engaging in swift, hit-and-run attacks.
\inexperienced soldiers - ANS - cause of the American defeat in Brooklyn, New
York, in August 1776
\Lafayette - ANS - Foreign volunteer who used his own money to buy warm
clothing for the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
\poor leadership - ANS - At the start of the war, this was a weakness of the British
troops
\progress of the war - ANS - beginning- Americans were outmatched but their
skills and tactics improved
\result of American victories at Trenton and Princeton - ANS - showed Americans
could defeat the British
\Revolutionary war years - ANS - 1775-1781
\Saratoga - ANS - Battle that was a turning point in the war for the Americans that
showed the Americans could fight the British and win
\Summer soldier and sunshine patriot - ANS - quitters
\Supply Shortages - ANS - a weakness of the Continental army at the start of the
war.
\Swamp Fox - ANS - Francis Marion
\The cost to taxpayers was too high - ANS - Reason many British people not
support the war
African Americans join Continental Army - ANS - hoped independence would lead
to an end of slavery
\Battle of Trenton - ANS - Washington has his men cross the icy Delaware River
on a cold night and captures the Hessians by surprise
\Cornwallis - ANS - British commander who said he was ill and did not attend the
surrender ceremony at Yorktown
\effect of African Americans helping the cause for independence - ANS - many
colonies began to take steps to end slavery
\Encouraged other nations to fight for their independence - ANS - American
Revolution world impact
\European countries came to the aid of America - ANS - an effect of the American
victory at Saratoga
\France - ANS - American ally after victory at Saratoga
\George Washington - ANS - Commander of the Continental Army
\guerilla troops - ANS - prevented a British victory in the South
\guerilla warfare - ANS - Military tactic of engaging in swift, hit-and-run attacks.
\inexperienced soldiers - ANS - cause of the American defeat in Brooklyn, New
York, in August 1776
\Lafayette - ANS - Foreign volunteer who used his own money to buy warm
clothing for the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
\poor leadership - ANS - At the start of the war, this was a weakness of the British
troops
\progress of the war - ANS - beginning- Americans were outmatched but their
skills and tactics improved
\result of American victories at Trenton and Princeton - ANS - showed Americans
could defeat the British
\Revolutionary war years - ANS - 1775-1781
\Saratoga - ANS - Battle that was a turning point in the war for the Americans that
showed the Americans could fight the British and win
\Summer soldier and sunshine patriot - ANS - quitters
\Supply Shortages - ANS - a weakness of the Continental army at the start of the
war.
\Swamp Fox - ANS - Francis Marion
\The cost to taxpayers was too high - ANS - Reason many British people not
support the war
