Vocab
Means a set of laws
Definition of ordinance.
Native Americans fought for this side in the Revolutionary War.
What is all sides and/or neutral?
This place of battle was a turning point in the Revolutionary War.
What is Saratoga?
He was the main author, making many revisions of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A person that supported Britain in the Revolutionary War is called _________________.
Who were the Loyalists?
Enslaved African Americans fought in the war because of this.
What is the promise of freedom?
an event that causes an important change
definition of turning point
This country supported the Americans during the Revolutionary War.
What is France?
This is where the British hoped to defeat the colonists.
Where are the Southern Colonies?
The battle here was a turning point for the war.
What is Saratoga?
Supporters of freedom from Britain during the Revolutionary War were called this.
What are Patriots?
On this date, the Continental Congress voted to accept the Declaration of Independence.
What is July 4th, 1776?
Letters and diaries that contain facts about historical events are considered:_______________________
What are documentary sources?
She became the first woman veteran to be recognized by Congress.
Who is Margaret Corbin?
The battles here, were important because they marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
What are the battles at Lexington and Concord?
The French helped the Americans defeat the British at this battle.
What is Yorktown?
This caused the shortage of goods in the colonies during the Rev. War.
What is British blockades at American ports? (p270)
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is Treaty of Paris?
The printing of more paper money contributed to : _____________________.
What is inflation?
These are ways this group contributed to the American Revolution; they fought in battles, helped by bringing water and supplies to fights, ran farms and businesses at home, raised money and wrote about the war.
Who are Patriot women?
This area helped the Americans and the French defeat the British because they could easily circle around them.
What is Yorktown?
The Battle of Yorktown was considered the end of the war in this year.
What is 1781?
The document impacted people's views on slavery, because of the statement of the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This ordinance set up a plan for the area west of the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
The British army's _______________________ to separate the New England colonies from the others never worked.
What is campaign?
This was the General for the British that was trapped and eventually surrendered at Yorktown.
Who is Cornwallis? (p. 288)
The new borders of the American Colonies after the war were Georgia in the South, the Great Lakes to the North and this river to the west.
What is the Mississippi?
This battle proved the American forces could defeat the British in the South.
What is The Battle of the Cowpens? (p.287)
The British decided to move fighting to the South because this group wasn't there to help the Americans.
Who are the French?
These land policies had an effect on this group because it gave up some of their land even though treaties had been written.
Who are the Native Americans?