Get a piece of scrap paper Number from 1 to 28 Let’s see what you know! Which one are you?

Get a piece of scrap paper

Number from 1 to 28

Let’s see what you know!Which one

are you?

Members of the Boston militia were

also called_______________

Soldiers hired by another country to fight for them

were called _________________

The commander of the Continental Army was ______________________

The nickname for the British soldiers because of the color of their uniforms

_______________ or lobsterbacks

___________ __________ wanted women to be

included in the Declaration of Independence

Washington’s troops crossed the Delaware River on

Christmas day and captured Hessian soldiers in the Battle

of ___________

The last battle of the war, Washington’s Patriots

defeated the British as the Battle of ____________

__________ are colonists who chose to fight for

independence

____________ are colonists who chose to side with Britain during the war.

_________________, also known as the Swamp Fox,

used guerrilla warfare tactics.

The Battle of ___________ was the major turning

point of the war.

The ____________ of __________ of ________

ended the Revolutionary War

The document which explains the colonists

belief in their rights and what makes a good government is the

_________________ __ ____________

_______________ wrote the pamphlet Common Sense which changed the minds

of many colonists to support the war.

The ______ Continental Congress created the

Continental Army and chose George Washington as the

commander.

The Patriots did well at sea thanks to _______

_______ _________.Name the person

True or False

There was an important battle at Valley Forge.

American or Britishwhich side did they help?

Thomas Paine


William Howe


Baron von Steuben


George Washington


Thomas Jefferson


Francis Marion

American or Britishto which side does the word refer?

Continental Army


Minutemen


Redcoats


Which side did they help?

Hessians


Patriots

Now it is time to check your answers!

Which one

are you?

These slides will move faster!

Members of the Boston militia were

also calledMinutemen

Soldiers hired by another country to fight for them

were called mercenaries

The commander of the Continental Army was

George Washington

The nickname for the British soldiers because of the color of their uniforms redcoats or lobsterbacks

Abigail Adams wanted women to be

included in the Declaration of Independence

Washington’s troops crossed the Delaware River on

Christmas day and captured Hessian soldiers in the Battle

of Trenton

The last battle of the war, Washington’s Patriots

defeated the British as the Battle of Yorktown

Patriots are colonists who chose to fight for

independence

Loyalists are colonists who chose to side with Britain during the war.

Francis Marion, also known as the Swamp Fox,

used guerrilla warfare tactics.

The Battle of Saratoga was the major turning

point of the war.

The Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the

Revolutionary War

The document which explains the colonists

belief in their rights and what makes a good government is the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlet Common Sense which changed the minds

of many colonists to support the war.

The Second Continental Congress created the

Continental Army and chose George Washington as the

commander.

The Patriots did well at sea thanks to John Paul

Jones.Name the person

False

There was an important battle at Valley Forge.


Thomas Paine

American


William Howe

British


Baron von Steuben

American


George Washington

American


Thomas Jefferson

American


Francis Marion

American


Continental Army

American


Minutemen

American


Redcoats

British


Which side did they help?

Hessians

British


Patriots

American

Total your points out of 30

26 = 93% 23 = 82% 20 =

71%How did you do?

Which one

are you now?

Study! Study a lot!

Wait! We’re not done yet!You should also “be able to” (see packet page 19)

• List some advantages and disadvantages the UNITED STATES had at the beginning of the war.

• List some advantages and disadvantages the BRITISH had at the beginning of the war.

• Name some foreign people and countries that helped the United States during the war. Tell how they helped. When naming a person, be prepared to tell what country they were from.

Documents

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