American Revolutionary War

This battle is known as the Shot Heard Around the World because it was the first battle of the American Revolution

• Lexington, MA

• Bunker Hill, MA

• Saratoga, NY

• Yorktown, VA

This event took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when leaders of the 13 Colonies had to decide if they should make peace with King George III or declare Independence.

• 1st Continental Congress

• 2nd Continental Congress

• Constitutional Convention

• Meeting of the Rights of Man

This 47 page pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine in 1775. It stated that it made sense to declare independence from Great Britain

• The American Crisis

• The midnight ride of Paul Revere

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Common Sense

This document was ratified (voted on) on July 4, 1776 by the members of the 2nd Continental Congress. All 13 Colonies agreed to it.

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man

The Declaration of Independence Includes 4 key parts. 1. Preamble 2. Declaration of Natural Rights 3. ________________ 4. Statement of Independence

• Compliments

• Statement of Basic Rights

• Grievances (Complaints)

• List of committee members

There were 5 men on the Committee to write the Declaration of Independence

Who were they?

• Hancock, Revere, Jefferson, Franklin, Adams

• Sherman, Livingston, Witherspoon, Jefferson, Adams

• Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Livingston, Sherman

• Franklin, Dickinson, Adams, Jefferson, Livingston

The Declaration of Independence is the ultimate _______ ______.

• Breakup letter

• List of the rights of mankind

• Peace treaty

On Christmas Night, 1776 - George Washington and his troops crossed the ______________ River to go into ______________ New Jersey to defeat the __________.

• Potomac, Princeton, Patriots

• Merrimack, Newark, Loyalists

• Delaware, Trenton, Hessians

• Hudson, Monroe Township, British

The campsite in Pennslvania where Washington, The Marquis de Lafayette and Baron von Stueben trained the American troops during the winter of 1777-78

• Philadelphia

• Trenton

• Valley Forge

Problems in Valley Forge included - choose all that apply

• Not enough food for the troops

• Freezing weather

• Some men did not have shoes

• Washington's leadership