Unit 2: Road to Revolution
Name: __________________________
Date:__________________
Major Battles and Events in the War
Major Events of the Revolutionary War
Name/Year
*Lexington &
Concord, 1775
Battle of Bunker Hill
(Breed’s Hill), 1775
Where?
Who won?
So What?
Lexington and Concord,
Massachusetts
Militia – also known
as ______________
Shocked the British, First shots fired,
“_____________
___________________”
Boston, Massachusetts
Well…it depends
First real battle –
British learned:
Colonists learned:
*Second Continental
Congress
1. Sent King George the “Olive Branch Petition” – a letter asking for _______
2. George ____
__________ – Commander of the ____________
3. ________________
__________________, July 4th, 1776 – written by __
_______
_______ Army
______________
Battle of New York, 1776 Long Island, NY
British
The British kicked the Continental Army
out of New York for the rest of the war
Battle of Trenton, 1776
Washington/ Americans
After many losses and strategic retreats,
Washington made a surprise attack on the
Hessians at Trenton, saving his army
Hessians: German Mercenaries (fight for $$)
First ______ _______ after many defeats.
Showed the world that the Americans could
win. ___
_______ decided to help.
Trenton, New Jersey
(GW crossed the Delaware
River to attack)
______
*Saratoga, 1777
________,
____________, New York because the British
generals were bad
*Yorktown, 1781
Yorktown, ___________
Americans
With help from the _________ army and navy,
Washington surrounds the British at Yorktown.
British General Cornwallis ________________.
The British agree to begin:
Unit 2: Road to Revolution
Major Battles and Events in the War
Name: __________________________
Date:__________________