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- Benedict Arnold
- He was formerly an American general, but ended up leading British troops (he was a traitor)
- Daniel Morgan
- American general of Virginia who also helped turn tides against British, Won important victory at South Carolina. Did the dividing into 2 lines (front and back)-used clever tactics
- Comte de Rochambeau
- French general who commanded French troops in the American Revolution, notably at Yorktown (1725-1807)
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- to approve
- Battle of Yorktown
- a 1781 American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender
- Nathanael Greene
- American general of Rhode Island, helped to turn the tide against Cornwallis and his British army, used geography of land
- Francis Marion
- Known as the Swamp Fox, Lead a small band of militia, who often slept by day and traveled by night. His soldiers used guerrilla tactics to harass the British.
- guerrilla
- soldier who uses hit-and-run tactics
- siege
- military blockade of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender
- Treaty of Paris
- Treaty that officially ended the war, Under this agreement, the British recognized the United States as an independent nation, the borders of the new nation extended from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, and the southern border stopped at Florida, which was returned to Spain. The west of the Mississippi River also went to Spain.
- Admiral de Grasse
- the French naval commander/ helped the troops in the Navy trap and cut off Cornwallis
- Battle of King's Mountain
- Patriots succeeded in capturing this on Oct.7,1780. Victory boosted morale and breathed new life to Patriots in the south, Jefferson called this"the turn of the tide"