Revolutionary War Study Guide

A declaration is...

• a piece of paper

• a statement of intent

• when someone says something

• slang term for soldiers

Retaliation means..

• returning blow for blow in anger

• someone who supports Britiain

• unjust, cruel

• block things from going in or out

A Loyalist

• supports the fight for independence

• is undecided

• someone who supports Great Britain

• loyal to the colonies

A patriot is

• someone who supports Great Britain

• a redcoat

• undecided

• someone who supports the fight for independence

What is a blockade?

• A wall built of cement blocks only

• to seal off a place to prevent things from going in or out

• when boats line up in a row

Tyranny is

• unjust, cruel, or excessive use of power

• when there is a king or queen

• when someone uses their title to make good decisions

A redcoat is

• a colonist

• someone who is undecided

• a British soldier

• what people call the king

A militia is

• People who are chosen to fight in a military

• Someone who is ready in a minute

• People drafted by the British

• A group of volunteers who fight in an emergency

Who warned the colonists that the British were coming to Lexington and Concord?

• Paul Revere and William Dawes

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• James and Henri

Choose THREE battles that took place during the revolutionary war.

• Fort Ticonderoga

• Yorktown

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Bunker Hill