Revolutionary War Review

A pamphlet by Thomas Paine that helped change the outlook on the war.

• Declaration of Independence

• Common Sense

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

Philosopher, whose ideas on government greatly contributed to the Declaration of Independence.

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Locke

• John Adams

• Patrick Henry

Wrote the Declaration of Independence and was in the Continental Congress

• Thomas Paine

• Ben Franklin

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of America

• Treaty of Britain

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence.

• Patriots

• Merchants

• Mercenaries

• Loyalists

The Proclamation of 1763...

• was generally effective

• was supported by several Native American tribes

• encouraged settlement of the western edge of the colonies

• disrupted Englands western trade in the colonies

The Battle of Yorktown

• was the turning point in the war.

• was the bloodiest battle of the war.

• is where British troops surrendered to America.

• was the first battle of the war.

Under the terms of the Treaty of Paris, the US gained...

• land in France

• new tax laws

• representation in Parliament

• independence

In the Battle of Trenton, Washington and his troops crossed the Deleware River to suprise which troops?

• Hessians

• French

• British

• Loyalists

In the Battle of Bunker Hill, Patriots had to retreat because...

• they lost many of their men.

• they had no training.

• they ran out of gunpowder.

• they didn't need the hill anyways.