Unit 6
The Revolutionary War
Lessons 1-7
Vocabulary
1. A soldier from one country who is paid to fight
for another country
A. retreat
B. siege
2. To stop fighting and move away from the
enemy
3. A series of battles to achieve a specific
purpose
4. A time when important changes occur
5. The surrounding of a place by an army in
order to capture it
6. A representative sent by one government to
another
7. To talk about something in order to reach an
agreement
C. campaign
D. mercenary
E. turning point
F. ambassador
G. negotiate
8.
To gather for one’s own future use
A. activist
9.
An increase in prices
B. inflation
10. A person who works for change
C. hoard
11. A person who charges unfair high prices for
goods
D. finance
E. profiteer
12. To provide money for
F. mutiny
13. An open rebellion against authority, especially
by sailors or soldiers
14. A written plan of government
G. constitution
15. Land owned or controlled by a particular
country
16. To approve officially
A. ideal
B. ratify
C. territory
17. An important belief or aim
D. policy
18. To end
E. abolish
19. A plan for doing or managing something
The Revolutionary War began in
Massachusetts in
A.
B.
C.
D.
1774
1775
1776
1773
What was the importance of the Battle of Fort
Ticonderoga?
We totally just won that
battle! Good thing we were
able to capture all of those
badly needed cannons!
Both the British and the Patriots enlisted the help of
African Americans to fight during the war. For
fighting, what were African Americans promised in
return?
A.
B.
C.
D.
A plantation of their own
Allowed African Americans to earn
freedom from slavery
Money known as Continentals
To retreat to Canada
The Battle of Saratoga was important
because
A.
B.
C.
D.
President Obama told everyone, “Yes, we
can!”
Nike came up with the slogan, “Just do it!”
The British took New England
It showed that the United States had a
chance to win the war.
The colonists sent ____________
ambassadors
to gain support for the ________.
war
What did France
contribute to the war?
supplies
money
troops
Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, and
Phillis Wheatley supported the
Revolution
by
B. by
C. by
D. by
A.
baking chocolate chip cookies
visiting troops
fighting along with the troops
writing poems, plays, or letters
Mary Ludwig Hays supported the
Revolution by…
…firing cannons
during battle!
Go Mary!
It was hard for the Patriots to pay for
prices kept going
the war because ______
up and __________
__________
Continental
currency
kept going down.
During the war people hoarded goods
because they thought
A.
B.
C.
D.
prices would keep rising
the Grinch was coming to take their stuff
up the chimney
the British would take the goods
they could then trade with the French
Who did Congress ask to provide money
to help pay for the war?
Congress asked Britain for loans.
B. Congress didn’t ask anyone. They just went
broke.
C. Congress asked General Washington for a loan.
D. Congress asked for loans from European
countries.
A.
After the war, states
guaranteed basic rights for
their citizens by including a
Bill
of ________
Rights in
______
___
constitutions .
their ___________
Proclamation of 1763
You shall not pass!
X X
X X
XX X
X
X
X
X
American
expansion
was banned
into the
Northwest
What was the Northwest Ordinance of
1787?
It stated that pioneers could not settle west of
the Appalachians.
B. It set up rules about how western lands would
be sold.
C. It set up rules for governing lands west of the
Appalachians.
D. It allowed slavery in the western lands.
A.
Many abolitionists argued…
FREE
AFRICAN
AMERICANS!
African
Americans have
the right to be
free!
Battle of Yorktown
General Cornwallis (British) moved
In 1781, ________________
north into Virginia. He knew help was arriving
by sea and moved his troops to ___________.
Yorktown
Meanwhile, _________________
General Washington knew French
ships were arriving at Yorktown, so he moved
his troops south. When the French arrived,
they ____________
surrounded the British and
__________
Cornwallis surrendered. This was the
turning point of the war.
Could the colonists have won the war if
they had not negotiated with other
countries?
No. The colonists would have lost the war if
they had not negotiated with other countries
because Britain was a powerful _______
nation with
navy
a strong ______
army and ______.
How did the war change women’s roles
in America?
Many became
activists
Some fought in battles of
supported the soldiers
Others ran farms or
businesses
Name three hardships people at
home faced during the war.
People at home lost _______
loved _______,
ones
faced
__________,
and had fewer ________.
goods
inflation
How did state constitutions
balance powers in their states?
State constitutions called for elected
_________
governors and elected __________.
assemblies The
governors had limited ________.
powers Each
member of the assembly represented a
certain number of _________.
people
Did settlers respect American Indians’ rights
as stated in the Northwest Ordinance?
Explain.
The settlers did not respect the American
Indians’ rights as stated in the Northwest
Ordinance because settlers took over their
lands and the ______
army supported the
_______,
settlers.
How did the ideals in the Declaration of
Independence affect people’s views of
slavery?
According to the Declaration of
Independence, “All ____
men are created
______,”
equal but ________
enslaved people did not
have equal rights with _____
free citizens.