American Revolution

George Washington was appointed as the ____________ during the American Revolution.

• Father of the US Navy

• British General

• Colonial Spy

• Commander of the Continental Army

Choose FOUR people in this list that were important to the American Revolution.

• Betsy Ross

• Sam Adams

• Paul Revere

• Christopher Columbus

• Abigail Adams

The ___________ fought hard to gain America's freedom from the king of England.

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• freedom

• treaty

This American victory was the turning point in the American Revolutionary war and encouraged the French to join forces with them (the Americans).
(Turning point is a big change in a situation)

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Concord

How were the American/Continental army able to defeat the British during the first battle, The Battle of Lexington and Concord?

• By firing on them from behind stone walls and trees in the woods.

• By challenging the British to them for a battle

• By warning the British that they were going to attack them

Where were the first armed conflicts of the American Revolution?

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Lexington and Concord

• Bunker Hill

In this final battle of the war, the American and French troops and French ships surrounded the British army forcing them to surrender.

• Saratoga

• Yorktown

• Bunker Hill

• Lexington and Concord

Why did the colonists back down from the British when they were winning the battle at Bunker Hill?

• The were scared they would lose

• George Washington told the colonists to back down.

• They were running out of ammunition

What did we call colonists who did NOT want independence from England?

• Minutemen

• Traitors

• Militia

• Loyalists

battle which ended the Revolutionary War

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Trenton