American Revolution

What is another name for British soldiers?

• Redcoats
• Patriots
• Minutemen
• Continental Soldiers

What did we call colonists who did NOT want independence from England?

• Minutemen
• Traitors
• Militia
• Loyalists

Which side had more resources and training at the beginning of the war?

• British
• Colonists

What country joined the colonists to help them win the war?

• Germany
• France
• Netherlands
• Africa

The ___________ fought hard to gain America's freedom from the king of England.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• freedom

• treaty

This American victory was the turning point in the American Revolutionary war and encouraged the French to join forces with them (the Americans).
(Turning point is a big change in a situation)

• Saratoga
• Yorktown
• Bunker Hill
• Lexington and Concord

Which one of these is an advantage or reason that helped the American patriots defeat Great Britain in the American Revolution War?

• They knew all of the possible hideouts to surprise the British and attack them (forests, woods, behind stone walls, etc)

• got help from French soldiers thanks to Ben Franklin

• strong leadership from men like George Washington

• all of the above

Surrounded by French and Continental(Armies) armies, a large British army led by General Cornwallis surrendered here.

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Concord

Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country through the: 

• Treaty of Paris 1763
• Declaration of Independence 1776
• Treaty of Paris 1783
• Articles of Confederation

The Treaty of Paris (1783) is significant because

• it stops fighting with France

• it stops fighting with Native Americans in Massachusetts

• it stops fighting with Canada

• it allows westward expansion