American Revolution

Match the following

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes

• Battle of Saratoga

• first major battle of the war

• Boston Tea Party

• Colonists in Boston were shot after taunting British Soldiers

• Battle of Bunker HIll

• American victory was turning point in war and led to French support for patriot cause

• Boston Massacre

• First armed conflict of the Revolutionary War

Match the following

• Signing of the Treaty of Paris

• Great Britain recognized American Independence

• First Continental Congress

• The colonist declared independence from Great Britain

• Declaration of Indepedence

• Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Great Britain and to promote independencd

Match the following

• Battles of Lexington and Concord

• colonial victory over forces of Lord Cornwallis that marked the end of the Revolutionary War

• Battle of Saratoga

• first major battle of the war

• Surrender at Yorktown

• first armed conflicts of the Revolutionary War

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• American victory was turning point in the war and led to French support for the patriot cause

Colonist were shot in Boston after taunting British soldiers

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Surrender at Yorktown

Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Surrender at Yorktown

First armed conflict of the Revolutionary War

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Surrender at Yorktown

Turning point in the war; France entered war

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Surrender at Yorktown

Ended the American Revolution

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Saratoga

• Surrender at Yorktown

Delegates from all colonies met to discuss problems with England and to promote independence

• First Continental Congress

• Approval of Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

July 4, 1776

• First Continental Congress

• Approval of Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris