Revolution Test

A written agreement between countries

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• freedom

• treaty

People who love and support the new country

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• freedom

• treaty

the colonists who fought for the king of England

• Patriots
• Loyalists
• freedom
• treaty

Declaration of Independence

• Created all laws for America

• Detailed the arguments for American independence & included a list of ways the king had violated American rights.

• Also known as the Articles of Confederation

Philosopher who created the idea of natural rights (life, liberty, property). Jefferson borrowed his ideas for the Dec. of Ind.

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• John Locke

Commander & chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

• John Adams

• George Washington

• George Cornwallis

When Washington snuck his army across the Delaware River in the middle of the night Christmas of 1776 & won an important battle in the surprise attack.

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Valley Forge

Where Washington & his men spent the Winter of 1777. The conditions were very harsh, but the army trained enough to become a strong fighting force.

• Valley Forge

• Battle of Saratoga

• Surrender at Yorktown

A Frenchman who assisted the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

• George Cornwallis

• Marquis de Lafayette

• John Lincoln

Final battle of the Revolutionary War where the British surrendered.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Gettysburg