USI.6c2 Key Events of the Revolutionary War

What is the significance of Signing of the Treaty of Paris?

• Great Britain recognized American independence

• France decided to join the Americans

• Lord Cornwallis surrendered

• Americans became increasingly dissatisfied

This was the colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of the Revolutionary War

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Saratoga

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

France was finally persuaded to join the Americans after which event?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Boston Massacre

• The Battle of Saratoga

This American victory was the turning point of the war

• The Battle of Lexington and Concord

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Battle of Yorktown

• The Battle of Saratoga

What is the significance of the Approval of the Declaration of Independence?

• Colonies declared their independence from Great Britain

• It ended the war

• Great Britain recognized America's independence

• France decided to fight with America against Britain

This was the site of the first armed conflicts in the Revolutionary War

• Lexington and Concord

• Saratoga

• Boston

• Yorktown

Delegates from all colonies (except Georgia) met to discuss problems with England and to promote independence in the

• First Continental Congress

• Constitutional Convention

• Treaty of Paris

• House of Burgesses

Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British soldiers in the

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Bunker Hill

Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes in what became known as

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Tea Act

What was the first major battle of the Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battles at Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown