The American Pagent Chapter 8 Outline
Chapter 8 Outline 1. Hessians: * German soldiers * Paid to fight for British * Revolutionary War * 1776 * Cause Colonists to win third battle after Christmas 2. Marquis de Lafayette: * French major general who aided the colonies during the Revolutionary War. * Major foreign military expert who helped train the colonial armies. * Revolutionary War * 1770’s 3. Continentals: * Apart of the Continental Army * Colonists * 1781 4. Valley Forge: * 1777 – 1778 * Pennsylvania * Starving Soldiers in Winter * Short Supplies * Desperately needed clothing * “Ragged, Lousy, Naked Regiment” * Not a battle * Site where the Continental Army camped during the winter of 1777- '78, after its defeats at the Battles of the Brandywine and Germantown. * The Continental Army suffered further casualties at Valley Forge due to cold and disease. * Washington chose the site because it allowed him to defend the Continental Congress 5. Baron von Steuben: * Organizational genius who turned raw colonial recruits into tough military soldiers. * Continental Army * German Military Leader
6. 2nd Continental Congress: * Met in Philadelphia three weeks after the battles of Lexington and Concord. * Delegates from all colonies, except Georgia, who had not yet sent a representative, met and agreed to support the war, although they did not agree with the purpose of it. * There were two sides * Extreme group led by John and Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, * The other people had already favored independence and wanted to gain it from the war. * At the other end of the extreme was a group led by such moderates like John Dickinson who hoped for a quick reconciliation with Great Britain. * 1775 7. George Washinton: * He had led troops unsuccessfully during the French and Indian War, * Had surrendered Fort Necessity to
6. 2nd Continental Congress: * Met in Philadelphia three weeks after the battles of Lexington and Concord. * Delegates from all colonies, except Georgia, who had not yet sent a representative, met and agreed to support the war, although they did not agree with the purpose of it. * There were two sides * Extreme group led by John and Samuel Adams, Richard Henry Lee, * The other people had already favored independence and wanted to gain it from the war. * At the other end of the extreme was a group led by such moderates like John Dickinson who hoped for a quick reconciliation with Great Britain. * 1775 7. George Washinton: * He had led troops unsuccessfully during the French and Indian War, * Had surrendered Fort Necessity to