11/06 Do Now: The American Revolution Review

1. True or False: The French were the Patriots' greatest ally during the American Revolution

• True

• False

2. The last MAJOR battle of the American Revolution was the __________.

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Lexington

1. What is considered the first battles of the American Revolution?

• Lexington and Concord

• Trenton

• Bunker Hill

• Yorktown

What were American's called who supported independence?

• Patriots

• Loyalists

Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as

• Patriots

• Loyalists

This treaty formally ended the American Revolution

• Treaty of Ghent

• Treaty of Boston

• Treaty of Paris of 1783

The Battle of Saratoga was significant in the Revolutionary War because it

• ended the British threat to the South

• convinced the French to support the Americans

• guaranteed Canadian help for the colonists

• forced the British to withdraw from North America

This American victory was the turning point in the war.

• Saratoga

• Bunker Hill

• Yorktown

• Lexington and Concord

Surrounded by French and Continental armies, a large British army surrendered here.

• Saratoga

• Bunker Hill

• Yorktown

• Lexington and Concord

What are unalienable rights?

• rights given by the president

• rights the government can't take away from you: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

• rights given by congress