War's Beginning
The first battle of the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Lexington & Concord?
The leader of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington?
The term for soldiers who are paid to fight for a country that isn’t their own.
What is a mercenary?
What is Trenton?
The name of the document that ENDED the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The term for a group of amateur volunteers fighting together
What is a militia/militiamen?
The geographical feature that the British hoped to capture.
What is the Hudson River Valley?
The site of the colonial camp during the harsh winter of 1777.
What is Valley Forge?
The battle where the Revolutionary War ended
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The battle where colonists were told to fold fire until they saw the “white of the eyes” of the British .
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The group who appointed a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
The name of the British general who led the British at Yorktown
Who is General George Cornwallis?
The group that Washington and his army surprised at the Battle of Trenton
Who are German/Hessian mercenaries?
The name of the French aristocrat who helped the Continental Army
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
Who won the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The British!!
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
To alter and abolish the British government that was viewed as tyrannical
What led to the British marching towards the city of Concord?
They heard the colonists had a hidden supply of gunpowder.
Describe how one side changed their strategy after the Battle of Trenton
Colonists wanted to keep the war going on as long as possible and tire the Brits out
British wanted to capture the Hudson River Valley
Describe what happened at the Battle of Yorktown.
Continental army surrounded the British with the help of the French and bombarded the city until the British surrendered.
The city that the British troops abandoned after suffering heavy casualties at Bunker Hill
What is Boston??
Describe a strength OR a weakness of the Continental army.
Weaknesses:
Never seemed to have enough manpower
The men they had weren’t trained
They also didn’t have enough supplies or money
Strengths:
Patriotism
They got help from overseas (France)
They had great leaders like George Washington
Describe a strength or weakness of the British Army
- They were a large professional army.
- They also had help from overseas (Germany)
- They had tons of supplies
Weaknesses:What were TWO problems with the British plan to take the Hudson River Valley?
The route from Canada was dense and hard to navigate.
Much of the British army didn’t like this plan.
What was the impact of the Revolutionary War?
It inspired many other countries to stage their own revolution