The Revolutionary War

How were the British able to capture Georgia & South Carolina?

• With a larger army

• Had more training

• Changed their strategy

• Took advice from the Loyalists

A loyalist was someone who....

• Supported the Revolutionary War

• Sided with the colonists

• Sided with Britain

Why did the colonists create the Declaration?

• To explain why they should be free of British rule.

• They were tired of taxes.

• They were trying to make peace with King George III

• They did not like the British soldiers in their towns.

Which battle did the Continental Army win that ended the Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Lexington

• Battle of Yorktown

Thomas Paine's Common Sense explained

• why the colonies should become independent

• how to form an army

• how King George needed to apologize

• how to Dcelebrate Independence ay

Some African Americans became Loyalists and helped the British because the Britain promised them...

• No taxes

• Their freedom

• A new uniform

• A new weapon

American soldiers in the south had a strategy to defeat the British by

• Sending in spies

• Setting bombs

• Keeping them moving until they ran out of strength and supplies

• Sneak attacks

What two things did the Treaty in Paris give American colonies?

• Freedom from taxes and war

• A new army and navy

• Their independence and more land

The French and British naval battle happened in which ocean?

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

• Indian Ocean

The French and American troops used which river to travel to Williamsburg

• The Missouri River

• The Mississippi River

• The Ohio River

• The James River