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Famous people of chapter 6 (John Boygoyne (Was instructed to lead an army…
Famous people of chapter 6
George Rogers Clark
organized a force of 175 men to go into ohio valley to drive Hamilton out.
He captured Kaskaskia in Illinois
He also captured Vincennes Indiana
Bendict Arnold
Set out fromMassachusetts on the same mission.
Allen and Arnold met en route and argued about who should lead the expedition.
Unable to decide, they both served as commanders.
Unwilling partners captured Fort Ticonderoga at dawn without firing a shot
Captured Crown Point, clearing the way for a possible invasion of Canada.
William Howe
His 3,000 men, Gage ordered Howe to capture the hills.
The first two Assults were driven back.
On the third attempt, the colonists ran out of ammunition and were forced to retreat.
Howe won, but his casualities were heavy.
General Gage wanted to force the Americans from these hilltop positions reinforced by William Howe.
Ethan Allen
The leader of Green Mountain Boys.
Decided to capture British outpost of Fort Ticonderoga and Crown Point.
Captured Crown Point, clearing the way for a possible invasion of Canada.
Arnold and Allen met en route and argued about who should lead the expedition.
Unable to decide, they both served as commanders.
These unwilling partners captured Fort Ticonderoga at dawn without firing a shot.
John Boygoyne
Was instructed to lead an army south from Montreal to New York.
The purpose was to cut off New England and upper New York
Recaptured Fort Ticonderoga
Attacked the Americans and suffered heavy casualties.
The loss of men impacted the war greatly and shifted the odds in the American's favor.
A British general.
Sir Henry Clinton
Replaced William Howe as general in the north.
Was an option to rescue John Boygoyne
Hoped to use the New York harbor for sea raids
A British general.
Nathaniel Greene
A new army quartermaster and general.
Tried to solve the supply crisis and failed.
John Paul Jones
The most famous American Naval officer
He was a Scotsman by birth
He gained his greatest fame by defeating the British ship Serapis in the North Sea
He used the Bonhomme Richard after Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack
Marquis de Lafayette
was born into the French Aristocracy in 1757
He joined the army at age 14
He was attracted to the American cause
He arrived in the colonies when he was only 19, and the Continental Congress made him a major general
He distinguished himself at the battles of Brandywine and Yorktown
He became friends with George Whashington
He participated in the French Revolution
He died in 1834