1. In the the Patriots crossed the Delaware River in a successful surprise attack on Hessian mercenaries.
2
spied for the Patriots in New York, and later used his skills as a banker to help fund the American Revolution.
3. A French nobleman, the
brought soldiers to America and volunteered to fight in the Continental army.
4. Mercenaries are foreign soldiers who are paid to fight.
5. The
in eastern New York was an important turning point in the war.
6. The Continental navy Patriot sailor who gained fame when he captured the British warship Serapis was
was the governor of Spanish Louisiana who became a Patriot ally.
8. A Prussian military officer named
trained soldiers in the Continental army.
9. In the West,
's campaigns hurt British support