The American Revolution Test

Battle of Yorktown

1781 American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender

Battle of Saratoga

American victory over British troops in 1777 that was a turning point in the American Revolution.

Biggest impact to cause American Revolution

Boston Tea Party

How did Great Britain's neglect of the colonists gradually lead to independence?

Britain gave colonists a list of laws but the colonists weren't being forced so it gave them a sense of independence they wanted.

Led to American victory in Revolution

French alliance, Battle of Yorktown

Key events of the Revolutionary War

French alliance, Valley Forge, Dec. of Independence, Yorktown, Treaty of Paris

How did the political ideas of the Enlightenment shape the American colonies?

Gave ideas to colonists like "religious tolerance" and "separation of power" to apply to the government that had to be created in the new country

French Alliance

The French entered the war in 1778, and assisted in the victory of the Americans seeking independence from Britain

What political differences were created among the colonists concerning separation from Great Britain?

There were patriots, loyalists, and neutrals who all had different feelings about separating.

Thomas Paine argued...

U.S. could govern itself because it was large enough

Was the Revolutionary War inevitable?

Yes, because I don't think the U.S. would've ever gained independence from Britain in any other way.

Were the colonists justified in resisting British policies after French & Indian War?

Yes, because the colonists saw that the British wanted to rule everything.

Factors that led to colonial victory in the Revolutionary War

alliance with the French

Ben Franklin

contributed to the Declaration of Independence & Constitution

John Hancock

first to sign the Declaration of Independence

Treaty of Paris

official peace treaty between the U.S. and Britain that ended the rev. war

Dec. of Independence

signed in 1776

Washington crosses the Delaware

surprise attack on December 26 on the Hessians

Lexington and Concord

the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775)

Battle of Bunker Hill

the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775)

Thomas Jefferson

wrote the Declaration of Independence