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History of the Americas
Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- a person who supports the cause of England colonizing America is called a ____________
- The Prussian military trainer named ____________ came to help Washington train the Continental Army in the winter of 1777
- Something added to a document is called a(n)____________
- A person who supports the independence of the colonies is called a __________
- People who opposed the new Constitution were called ______________
- The system in government that limits the power of individual branches of governement is called the system of ______________
- Washington famously camped near the town of _________________, where he trained his soldiers throughout the winter and lost over two thousand men to hunger and cold
- A _____________ is a soldier that fights for money and not for a country
- People who supported the new Constitution were called ____________
- A person who is planning on enlisting in the military is called a ________.
- The colonials were helped by the Spanish governor of Louisiana, Bernardo __________, who helped George Rogers Clark drive the British out of the Gulf of Mexico region
- A measure that keeps ships from entering or leaving a harbor is called a ____________
- The Frenchman ______________ brought his own ship and soliders to the colonies in defiance of England. He later became a close friend of George Washington.
- On October 17, 1777, General Burgonye surrendered in Hew York after the Battle of ____________, which is considered the "turning point" of the war.
- ____________, also known as the "Swamp Fox", was known for his hit-and-run tactics that helped slow the advance of the British through southern colonies
- General Washington crossed the __________ River into New Jersey where he launched a surpirse attack
- Washington attacked Hessian soliders at the Battle of ____________ on Christmas night. The Hessians had been hired by the British who thought the war was almost over.
- A ______________ is a privately owned ship outfitted with weapons
- It is called __________ when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods
- Captain of the Bonhomme Richard, ___________, was famous for winning a sea battle against the British where he reportedly said "I have not yet begun to fight"