Revolutionary War Battles
Name____________________Date______Hour_____Points_____S1C4-PO1 Events Leading to Rev. War
Lexington
& Concord
1. Where: ____________________________
2. When: April _____________
3. Summary of the battle(s)?
a. British troops told 70 colonists in ____________
to put down their _____________but the
colonists _____________.
b. The British killed ______ militiamen then
marched on to _____________where they
destroyed _____________supplies.
c. 4,000 minutemen/militiamen arrived in
_____________and forced the British to _____________.
4. Outcome:
a. The British will win the battle in _____________but the Colonists will win the battle in
_____________
b. Ralph Emerson will make his famous quote about the colonists firing their muskets for the
_____________time – “_____________heard ‘round the _____________.”
5. Explain its importance?
a. American colonists will need to choose _____________– fight with the _____________or
the _____________.
b. Back up their political beliefs using _____________against King _____________– fight
him on their own _____________!
6. If the outcome had been different in the Battle of Lexington, what prediction might you
make?
JBattle of
Trenton
1. When: New _____________
2. When: December _____________:
3. Summary of the Battle?
a. _____________troops crossed an _____________river
to New Jersey.
b. The troops marched into Trenton, NJ to make a
_____________attack on the _____________ (professional German soldiers who were
ruthless and only fought for money – they did not have a _____________to anyone).
c. The _____________troops killed over 900 Hessians and gained needed _____________.
4. Outcome:
a. This battle proved that General _____________was a _____________strategist than
anyone had thought.
b. His men found _____________in the war and finally believed that they could
_____________the _____________
5. Explain its importance:
a. More men were willing to _____________for the _____________
b. American _____________wanted to show that they could become a
_____________without the _____________of the _____________
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Revolutionary War Battles
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Battle of
Saratoga
1. Where: New _____________:
2. When: _____________
3. Summary of the Battle?
a. British troops are _____________by the
_____________Army.
b. The Continental Army will fire on the
British _____________and
_____________for days.
4. Outcome:
a. The British soldiers are
_____________by the constant bombing and attacks by the Continental Army.
b. The British finally _____________in complete _____________.
5. Explain its importance:
a. This was a major turning point for the Americans because it _____________the British
from _____________the States
b. A division of the states would have isolated the _____________colonies from the
_____________colonies
c. It also showed _____________that the Americans might _____________their war for
_____________from Great Britain.
d. NOW other nations are willing to _____________the Americans in their cause to
_____________from English rule under King George III – especially _____________.
6. Make a Prediction: What if the Americans had lost the Battle of Saratoga?
Surrender
at
Yorktown
and the
Treaty of
Paris
1. Where: _____________
2. When: October _____________:
3. Summary of the Battle:
a. _____________and _____________forces
surrounded _____________troops who were under
General Cornwallis’s command.
b. Lafayette’s troops (American’s French ally) came by
land from the _____________.
c. Washington and Rochambeau (French naval commander) came by _____________and
_____________from the _____________.
d. The French fleet _____________the Chesapeake Bay on the _____________coast.
4. Outcome:
a. This will be the _____________battle between the Americans and the _____________.
b. The Treaty of _____________will officially _____________the war.
c. Formal _____________negotiations will end _____________control in America.
5. Explain its importance:
a. The U.S. will become _____________.
b. Each side will pay back _____________it owes to one another.
c. The British will _____________all colonial holdings in _____________.
6. Evaluate the importance of a Peace Treaty that ends a war:
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Revolutionary War Battles
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