Unit 3: American Revolution Review

Battles

100

Outcome and significance of the Battle of Lexington & Concord...

Patriot victory; first battle of the War...

200

Outcome and significance of the Bunker/Breed's Hill...

British victory; moral victory for the colonists

300

Outcome and significance of the Battle of Trenton & Princeton and who were the fighters...

Patriots vs Hessians; Patriot Victory. 

400

Outcome and significance of the Battle of Saratoga...

Patriot victory; convinced the French to join the Americans in their efforts to overthrow the British crown.

500

Outcome and significance of the Battle of Yorktown...

Final battle of the War; Patriot victory after a siege; General Cornwallis surrendered the British Army to General Washington.

Terms

100

Group of civilians who take up arms and volunteer to fight...

Militia

200

What is Guerrilla Warfare?

Unconventional War Tactics; making hit and run attacks; hiding behind things, etc. 

300

When a town/army/area is surrounded by another, cutting off supplies and escape routes...

Siege

400

This led to the end of the American Revolution...

Treaty of Paris (1783)

500

A problem with or complaint someone...

Grievance 

Folks 1

100

Country who helped Americans win at the Battle of Yorktown...

French

200

Leader and General of the British Army...

Lord/General Cornwallis

300

Known for his mastery of Guerrilla Warfare...

Francis Marion/"Swamp Fox"

400

Trained the Continental Army to march, fire their weapons and be a proper army....

Hint: Winter

Fredrich von Steuben

500

Patriot militia of volunteers from TN who came and fought during the Battle of King's Mountain...

Overmountain men

Folks 2

100

Author of the patriot Pamphlet Common Sense...

Thomas Paine

200

Patriots who used violent means to achieve their goals of separating from England...

Sons of Liberty

300

Group of mercenaries who were surprise attacked by George Washington's troops at the Battle of Trenton & Princeton

Hessians

400

Pirate who fought for the Americans, raiding British ships and attacking towns of the coast of England...

John Paul Jones

500

Who created the Ma. Bay Colony?

John Winthrop

Etc. 1

100

Famous incident involving Paul Revere, taking place the night before the Battle of Lexington & Concord...

Midnight Ride

200

The function/purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

To announce to the world the American colonies’ reasons for separation from England

300

Significance of the Winter at Valley Forge...

Washington and troops camp out for the winter at Valley Forge, PA. Supply shortages cause mass hunger, sickness and deserting. This all changes when Fredrich von Steuben comes to train the men to be better soldiers. 

400

This was the group led by George Washington, serving as the standing military of the 13 colonies...

Continental Army

500

The event of the Revolution we talked about which was not a battle and its significance...

Winter at Valley Forge; Washington's men suffered hunger, sickness and desertion. Von Steuben later trained the soldiers how to be an Army.