Name ___________________________________________________________ Date __________________ Per ____________ Key Terms Unit 3 Key Terms – “An Appeal to Heaven,” or Fighting the War for Independence (1775-1783) ally currency naval blockade Treaty of Paris (1783) Articles of Confederation executive navy Trenton association levy Patriots turning point Continental Army Loyalists Saratoga Valley Forge crisis mercenaries siege Yorktown A. Matching – In the first column, write the term you think matches the definition. Then make corrections in the second column. Spelling counts. 1)to cut off supplies; a military and economic tactic used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting; when ships are used naval blockade 2)time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs, especially one with beneficial results turning point 3)battle in 1777 where American troops won a victory and forced the surrender of a major of the British army in the north; the turning point in the war; France came to colonists’ aid soon after Saratoga 4)written as the first plan of government for the loosely united States in rebellion against Great Britain Articles of Confederation 5)General Washington and the Continental army lost Philadelphia and endured the challenging winter of 1777-1778 held up in their camp with low supplies and morale Valley Forge 6)siege in Virginia in 1781 where Washington forced the surrender of British General Cornwallis with naval support from France, thereby all but ending the War for Independence Yorktown 7)negotiated by Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams with delegates from Great Britain, this agreement gave the Americans all land east of the Treaty of Paris (1783)
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Name ___________________________________________________________ Date __________________ Per ____________ Key Terms
Unit 3 Key Terms – “An Appeal to Heaven,” or Fighting the War for Independence
(1775-1783)ally currency naval blockade
Treaty of Paris (1783)
Articles of Confederation executive navy Trentonassociation levy Patriots turning point
Continental Army Loyalists Saratoga Valley Forgecrisis mercenaries siege Yorktown
A. Matching – In the first column, write the term you think matches the definition. Then make corrections in the second column. Spelling counts.
1) to cut off supplies; a military and economic tactic used to force a nation or area to suffer shortages and to give up fighting; when ships are used
naval blockade
2) time at which a decisive change in a situation occurs, especially one with beneficial results
turning point
3) battle in 1777 where American troops won a victory and forced the surrender of a major of the British army in the north; the turning point in the war; France came to colonists’ aid soon after
Saratoga
4) written as the first plan of government for the loosely united States in rebellion against Great Britain
Articles of Confederation
5) General Washington and the Continental army lost Philadelphia and endured the challenging winter of 1777-1778 held up in their camp with low supplies and morale
Valley Forge
6) siege in Virginia in 1781 where Washington forced the surrender of British General Cornwallis with naval support from France, thereby all but ending the War for Independence
Yorktown
7) negotiated by Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams with delegates from Great Britain, this agreement gave the Americans all land east of the Mississippi River and Britain recognized American independence
Treaty of Paris (1783)
8) American colonists that supported taking serious action against Great Britain, including declaring independence
Patriots
9) American colonists that supported the BritishLoyalists
10) soldiers for hire; to help crush the colonial rebellion, Britain hired thousands of Hessians, from a region in present-day Germany
mercenaries
11) fighting force on the seas, or having to do with fighting on the seas
navy
12) supporter or friend ally
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13) loosely organized united militias of the 13 states, which fought against the British to defend their independence
Continental Army
14) military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside
siege
15) To impose or collect (a tax, for example)levy
16) extreme situation crisis17) Dec 1776 battle in which Washington’s
army re-crossed the Delaware River and surprised Hessian troop; this battle assured Washington’s command of the Army and raised morale among the Patriots
Trenton
18) figure or group responsible for enforcing the laws in a government
executive
19) money used by a countrycurrency
20) group of individuals who voluntarily enter into an agreement to accomplish a purpose
association
B. Identify the event and date shown in the picture. Then put them in sequence. Number them 1-5.
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