Name______Day/Block______
The terms
Tyranny--
Dragoons–
Mercenaries–
Hessians–
Tories-
Privateer-
Guerrilla Fighting-
Key British Players
General William Howe
General Henry Clinton
General Lord Charles Cornwallis
Key Patriots
General George Washington
General Horatio Gates
General Nathanial Greene
Admiral John Paul Jones
Benjamin Franklin
Good/bad
Benedict Arnold
French support
Marquis de Lafayette
General Jean Rochambeau
King Louis XVI
British strategy to win
American strategy to win
the trends of the war
early
Middle
end
Key events worth noting
The turning point
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Winter at Valley Forge
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The Final Battle
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“America the story of us – Revolution”
1. Population of New York City today –
Population of New York City in 1776 –
2. What city will be the first and main invasion point for Britain?
3. How many British ships were waiting outside Staten Island?
4. What did the British want to do to the colonies by sending over their best strength of all…their Navy?
5. What was ratified on July 4th 1776?
6. The 3 main inalienable rights (rights you can’t take away) are?
7. What was the ratio of Britain soldiers to American soldiers?
8. This invasion by Great Britain will be the largest invasion on American soil until?
9. How much more experience des each British Regular have over a Colonial Militia soldier?
10. What happened on Sept. 20th, a punishing blow to the American cause?
11. Where would Britain put captives? What was it like? How many in all die in these prisons?
12. What was John Burgoyne’s plan?
13. Who led the new band of sharpshooters to stop Burgoyne?
14. What did the colonists do to slow Burgoyne?
15. What advantages did the Colonial sharpshooters have, specifically the rife? (need 3)
16. Who did Morgan tell his sharpshooters to go after first…why and how did he do this?
17. What 18th century rule did the “rebels” (colonialists were considered rebels) break?
18. What Battle was the turning point? After the battle, who joins the war (at least in support)?
19. What enemy was much worse than Great Britain, especially at Valley Forge?
20. What gamble does Washington take to stop this enemy? Does it work?
21. Washington looks to Friedrich von Steuben for help…what are 3 changes that von Steuben install?
22. Who was the biggest, and most effective spy in the American Revolution?
23. What was used to pass secret messages?
24. What did Anne Smith Strong do to help pass the message?
25. Describe how the Americans won at Yorktown?
26. What is the U.S. the only country to do from Britain?
27. How many Americans in all lost their life in the American Revolution?
28. What are three major reasons the Americans won the Revolutionary War?
Give some specific examples from this movie or notes that we have taken.
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The Legacy of War
Chapter 7 Section 4 (read pages 195-199)
1. What did Washington praise his army in his farewell letter?
2. Why/how did the Americans win the Revolutionary War (what were their 4 advantages)?
3. What were the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
4. Did both sides live up to all parts of the treaty? What did each side not do?
5. After 8 years of fighting, what were the estimated final causalities and for each side?
6. What was an issue that soldiers were left with after the war? What were they forced to do with the land grants given to them?
7. What happened to the loyalists after the war and what did they do?
8. After the war, the new government focused on republicanism. What is it, how does it work, and who got to run it?
9. What were the religious issues that America had to deal with after the war?
10. Slavery also became an issue, specifically what did Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts do?
Chapter 7 review
Pg 200
Answer each question by finding the answer in the book. I will give you the page numbers to look at.
Early Years of War (pg 177-185)
1. What motives led African Americans to fight for the British? The Americans?
2. How did women help the American war effort?
3. What events led to the British defeat at Saratoga?
The War Expands (pages 184-188)
4. What foreign countries helped America? How?
5. What were the conditions at Valley Forge?
The Path to Victory (pages 190-194)
6. What two Southern ports did the British capture?
7. How did America’s ally France contribute to the victory at Yorktown?