True or False Chapter 07 Self-Quiz 2

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. From 1776 to the end of the war, the French supplied over 90 percent of the gunpowder used by the American military.

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American soldiers endured a brutal winter at Valley Forge in 1777-1778 partly because of poor food and shelter.

. Coordinating strategy with George Washington, the Spanish governor of Louisiana took British forts along the Mississippi River and at Mobile and Pensacola.

. Banastre Tarleton gained a nasty reputation by killing prisoners and destroying property.

. The Delaware broke a treaty with the United States to side with the British.

. Couverture laws meant that married women retained ownership of any property they brought into marriage.

. After the Revolution the institution of slavery weakened throughout the South.

. Hessians were German mercenary troops in the employ of Great Britain.

. Though they gave no military aid, Spain was the first country to recognize American independence.

. France agreed to pay for all of the costs of the American war effort at the Treaty of Paris.

. All loyalist property was returned following the Treaty of Paris.

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