Mod. Revolution Test

A written agreement between countries

• Treaty

• Loyalists

People who love and support the new country

• Patriots

• Loyalists

The colonists who fought for the king of England

• Patriots

• Loyalists

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.

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

• John Locke

• John Adams

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

• George Cornwallis

• George Washington

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

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

Final battle of the Revolutionary War where the British surrendered.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Yorktown

Agreement that ended the Revolutionary War signed in France.

• Treaty of Paris of 1783

• Treaty of Versailles