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Pre-AP American Revolution (Ch. 7) People
For each definition, identify the person being described. Except for Native Americans and monarchs, people have full names. All names need to be spelled correctly and be properly capitalized. The number after some descriptions are the bolded terms from the textbook that go with each person, write these under the description.
1. ______American general who helped the Americans be victorious at the Battle of Saratoga, later in 1780, upset over his lack of recognition for his efforts he became a British spy and agreed to turn over the American fort at West Point to the British (1)
2. ______British general who launched an attack south from Canada in 1777, which ended in the British defeat at Saratoga (1)
3.______General in charge of British troops in the South, after taking control of coastal towns in Georgia and the Carolinas, moved north and established a base at Yorktown, Virginia in 1781. (1)
4. ______Spent most of the war in France trying to get an alliance with the French, finally succeeded in 1778. (2)
5. ______Spanish governor of Louisiana who attacked the British in Florida and the lower Mississippi River area, kept the British from attacking America from the South. (1)
6. ______American general who was victorious at Saratoga, but when given command of the American army in the south in 1780 was defeated. (1)
7. ______American naval commander who won fame in 1779 when he defeated the Serapis off the coast of Britain famous for saying, “I have not yet begun to fight!” (1)
8. ______French nobleman who volunteered to serve in the Continental Army for no pay, became a general in the army, a park in Washington DC and a city in Louisiana bear his name. His real name is Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roche Gilbert du Mortier. (2)
9. ______His pamphlet called The American Crisis helped raised spirits when the army was doing poorly
10. ______German officer who came to help the American cause in 1778, he trained the American to fight in lines and columns and how to handle their weapons. (1)
11. ______Commander of the Continental Army who managed to keep his army together long enough to get the British to end the war. (1)
12. ______A Polish Jew, he was a successful merchant and banker who supported the patriot cause through service as a spy and through helping to finance the war with generous donations of money that were never repaid. (1)
You may need to use an outside source other than the textbook to identify the following people.
13.______Born a slave in Virginia; Marquis de Lafayette recruited him as a spy for the Continental Army. He provided Lafayette with vital information on British troop movements that contributed to the American victory at Yorktown. (1)
14. ______The wife and sister of Massachusetts Patriots; she anonymously wrote several propaganda plays and poems supporting the Patriot cause. She also wrote one of the first histories of the Revolution.
15. ______African American patriot and member of the Newmarket, NH committee of safety. He, like Paul Revere, he made an all-night ride back from Boston to warn his community of the impending British invasion in 1775; served in the army and fought at the Battles of Saratoga. (1)