5th grade - Ch 5 review

Match the following

• an obstacle that prevents the movement of people or goods

• traitor

• someone who betrays his or her country

• blockade

• Increase in the cost of goods and services

• inflation

• Soldiers from a different country who is paid to fight in a war

• negotiate

• To discuss and bargain for a solution

• mercenaries

Match the following

• Wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonies to seek independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• Author of the Declaration of Independence

• John Hancock

• President of the Continental Congress. He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

• Enlightenment Thinkers

• Developed the idea of a social contract. This became the foundation of the new American government

• Thomas Paine

They declared war on the British and wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence.

• Second Continental Congress

• The Founding Fathers

• Articles of Confederation

• First Continental Congress

1775-first battles that took place in Massachusetts

• Lexington & Concord

• Bunker Hill & Saratoga

• Yorktown & Trenton

• Gettysburg & Antietam

Americans were defeated, but they fought very well, leading many to believe they could win the war.

• Bunker Hill

• Valley Forge

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

What important event happened on July 4, 1776?

• Signing of the Declaration of Independence

• Surrender at Yorktown

• Signing of the Treaty of Paris officially ending the war.

• The first battle of the Revolution

1777- Americans defeated the British in both battles of _______.

• Saratoga

• Lexington

• Bunker Hill

• Yorktown

1781-American and French defeated the British at _________. Washington(American) and Lafayette(French) quickly made a plan that left Cornwallis (British) stranded and surrounded

• Yorktown

• Bunker Hill

• Saratoga

• Gettysburg

Fought or helped the British in return the British promised to protect their land

• Native Americans

• Colonists

• French

• Spanish

What group did NOT help turn the tide of the war in favor of the Americans? mark all correct answers

• Women

• Native Americans

• The Canadians

• African Americans