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NATION OR INDIVIDUAL DRAW A LINE TO THE CORRECT CONTRIBUTION  France and Spain  Bernardo de Gálvez  Marquis de Lafayette  Thaddeus Kosciusko  Casimir Pulaski  Friedrich von Steuben  Helped on the Western frontier (Natchez & Pensacola)  Brought engineering skills  Taught basic military skills  Provided military supplies  Helped train cavalry units  Fought & provided money Warm-Up for 10/6: #18 Individuals of the American Revolution. Copy this slide. Be sure you have your spiral, glue stick, scissors & colored pencils.

 Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution  Led surprise attacks on Princeton & Trenton  Resident of Virginia  Surveyor, planter, soldier in French & Indian War, a delegate to the First & Second Continental Congress tish+Army

 Author of Common Sense & The Crisis  The Crisis: Kept the morale of the troops up during the war effort  Common Sense: persuade Americans to join the Patriot cause  Propagandist & journalist

 Spent most of the American Revolution in France  Negotiated alliance with France  Negotiated the Treaty of Paris which ended the war

 French aristocrat who fought in the American Revolution  Commanded forces as a major-general in the colonial army  Spent the winter at Valley Forge

 “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,” he said at age 21 before his hanging.  Spied in the Battle of Long Island for the Americans  Disguised as a Dutch schoolmaster, gathered important information however arrested the night he planned to leave

 Deborah Samson: enlisted as Robert Shurtliff, served three years & was injured twice  Molly Pitcher: Fought at the Battle of Monmouth, replaced her husband at the cannon when he became ill pitcher.htm

Important Women During the Time Abigail Adams:  Wife of John Adams  Reminded John to “remember the ladies”  Reminded John during the time of the Constitutional Convention that women would not be bound by laws they had no voice in Mercy Otis Warren  Wife of a Massachusetts Patriot  Anonymously wrote several propaganda pieces supporting the Patriot cause

Important African Americans During the American Revolution Wentworth Cheswell  Patriot who like Revere made an all-night ride back from Boston to warn his community of the impending British invasion  Served in the army & fought at the Battle of Saratoga James Armistead  Slave in Virginia  Recruited by Marquis de Lafayette as a spy for the Continental Army  Posed as a double agent  Contributed to the American victory at Yorktown net/JamesArmistead2.jpg /assets/images/arch_who_jl afayette_tn.jpg

 “I have not yet begun to fight.”  Naval hero during the American Revolution  Captain of the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard that defeated the Serapis  Founder of the U.S. Navy  Led raids on British vessels during the American Revolution

Other Important Individuals Haym Salomon:  Polish-born Jewish immigrant to America who played an important role in financing the Revolution Bernardo de Galvez:  Spanish governor of the province of Louisiana  Protected American ships in the port of New Orleans  Took up arms & fought to protect Louisiana _stamp.jpg/300px-Haym_Salomon_stamp.jpg

 Monarch (King) of Great Britain  Grievances in the Declaration of Independence were named against him  Feared that the loss of one group of colonies would lead to the loss of others and the eventual decline of the empire

 William Howe: Commander-in-chief of British forces in America until the Battle of Saratoga, replaced by Sir Henry Clinton  Lord Charles Cornwallis: Surrendered at Yorktown rrev/people/britisharmy/cornwallis/su mmary.html 01_winter_spring/howe_1.html