Learning The American Revolution

The Americans were better organized than the British.

The Americans were fighting on familiar land.

The British did not want to work with Loyalists.

The British preferred to instigate all battles.

Philadelphia

Saratoga

Albany

Boston

to persuade the French to attack Britain

to negotiate an official end to the American Revolution

to encourage the French to rebel against its monarchy

to persuade the French to form an alliance with the Americans

His surprise attack on Fort Vincennes halted the joint British-Native American offensive.

He served as an assistant to George Washington at Valley Forge.

He succeeded in delivering a crucial message to General Gates at Saratoga.

He played a key role in the American victory at the Battle of Trenton.

to report a Loyalist conspiracy

to nurse wounded Patriot soldiers

to warn Patriot forces of a British attack

to deliver supplies to a Patriot guerilla unit

The British Royal Navy included French and Spanish vessels.

The British Royal Navy used privateers to supplement its small fleet.

The British Royal Navy was better organized than the Continental Navy.

The British Royal Navy was the largest and most powerful navy in the world.

He was expelled by the Quakers.

His Loyalist family disowned him.

His Loyalist friends tried to change his mind.

George Washington refused his assistance.

to deceive George Washington

to satisfy the demands of his troops

to distance British troops from Rochambeau’s forces

to protect the harbor for use by the British fleet

Britain

Spain

Poland

Prussia

Horatio Gates

Benedict Arnold

George Washington

George Rogers Clark