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