SOL 6c: Key People and Events of the Revolutionary War
Essential Questions:
1. Who were some of the key individuals in the Revolutionary War?
2. What role did key individuals play in the Revolutionary War?
3. What were some of the key events that occurred during the Revolutionary War
period?
I.
Key People
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b.
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e.
f.
__________ _________ III: British king during the Revolutionary era.
________ _____________: British general who surrendered at Yorktown.
_________ __________: Championed the cause of independence
___________ ____________: Commander of the Continental Army (colonial army)
_____________ ___________: Major author of the Declaration of Independence
____________ __________: Outspoken member of the House of Burgesses; inspired colonial
patriotism with his “Give me liberty or give me death” speech
g. _____________ ____________: Prominent member of the Continental Congress; helped
frame the Declaration of Independence; helped gain French support for American
Independence.
II.
Other Important People
a. _________ ___________: Enslaved African American who wrote poems and plays supporting
American independence and who eventually gained her freedom
b. _______ __________: Patriot who made a daring ride to warn colonists of British arrival
(“The British are coming”)
III.
Key Events
a. Boston ____________: Colonists in Boston were _______ after taunting British soldiers.
b. Boston _______ _______: Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led patriots in throwing ______
into the Boston Harbor to protest tea ________.
c. First ____________ Congress: __________ (representatives) from all colonies except
___________ met to discuss problems with Great Britain and to promote
________________.
d. Battles at ______________ and ____________: The first armed conflicts of the
________________ War.
e. Approval of the _______________ of Independence: The colonies ___________
independence from Great Britain on _______ __ _______.
f. Battle of _____________: This American victory was a turning point in the war.
g. ____________ at Yorktown: This was the colonial victory over forces of Lord _____________
that marked the end of the _____________ War.
h. Signing of the _________ of Paris: Great Britain recognized American independence in this
treaty.