Significant Battles of the American Revolution (SSUSH4d)
Washington made what seemed to be an impossible Crossing of the Delaware River to defeat the British
In the Battle of Trenton
Women were known as ____ _____and would wash, sew, cook, and nurse the wounded and sick in the camp.
“camp followers”
British policy believed the colonies would become more economically productive if they were not restricted by British policies.
Salutary Neglect
As British colonists moved west into the Ohio Valley, they found themselves fighting French settlers and Native Americans in what war.
The French and Indian War
The Committee of Five was made up of
Thomas Jefferson, John Livingston, Ben Franklin, John Adams, and Roger Sherman
The British plan to defeat the rebellious Americans was to drive a wedge between New England and the rest of the colonies.
Battle of Saratoga
Other women served as
spies for the Continental Army.
The ______ _________was a religious revival that encouraged colonists to develop their relationship with God.
Great Awakening
After nine years of fighting, France, Great Britain, and Spain (a French ally) signed the
Treaty of Paris in 1763.
Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
This Battle of Saratoga is considered a turning point in the _________ ___________ because it signaled to France that the Americans had a chance of winning.
American Revolution
Significance and Roles of American Indians?
They used their knowledge of the land to help spy for the Continental Army.
Preachers stressed the power of the individual to resist
the power of the _____ _ ______
Church of England
What is the Proclamation of 1763:
It forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains and put the territory under British military control. The proclamation was intended to manage Britain's new territories and ensure peace with Native Americans.
Significance of John Locke
He was an Enlightenment thinker who influenced the Founding Fathers while writing the Declaration of Independence.
Britain’s plan to counter the French–American alliance was to have _______ ______ _______ move the war to the Southern states to try to separate those colonies from revolutionary forces in the North.
General Charles Cornwallis
Most of the Western American Indians sided with the British to try
to prevent further settlement in the region by American colonists- as was the policy of the British Proclamation of 1763.
What is the Significance of the Great Awakening
Colonists began questioning traditional authority (King & Great Britain).
under this law, the British government taxed nearly all printed material by requiring that it bear a government stamp.
Stamp Act:
Name Two of John Locke’s philosophies
Natural Rights: All people have.
▪ Thomas Jefferson said: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Social Contract: If the government does not meet the needs of the people, then the people have a right to overthrow the government or break the contract
At _____ __ ______ the British forces were attacked by the combined French and American armies and a French fleet.
Battle of Yorktown
Enslaved and free Blacks viewed the American Revolution as an opportunity to expand their rights with the basis for
revolution being a call to protect natural rights.
This leads colonists to rebel against the British
government and inspires the _______ _________.
American Revolution
The ___________ _____ led to the quartering of troops and closed the port of Boston as punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
Intolerable Acts
They appointed a committee to prepare a ________ ___ _________ that would outline the reasons the colonist wanted to separate from British rule
Declaration of Independence