Write the following review questions down and be prepared to answer them based on the video provided.
1. Why are the rebels more motivated to fight for freedom than the soldiers who are fighting to stop them?
2. What is the significance of the Battle of
Saratoga?
3. What role did women play in the American
Revolution?
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1 Piracy!!
3 Southern Life
5 Colonial Society
7 Foundations of Democracy
9 The French & Indian War
11 Tax Notes
2 Jolly Rogers
4 Indentured Servitude & Slavery
6 Colonial Social Classes
8 Enlightenment Ideas
10 Chester the Crab
12 Document Analysis: Join or Die
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13 The Colonists Resist 14 The Boston Massacre
15 The Shot Heard Round the World 16 From Protest to Rebellion
17 Justifying Revolution
19 A Vital Time
18 Document Analysis: The Crisis
20 Doc. Analysis: Valley Forge
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Turn your notebook sideways and based on the slides, list the important details of the American Revolution on your time line.
Retreat in the
Summer
1776
The Crisis in
December
1776
The
Turning
Point in
November
1777
HELP!
Who :
Military Power:
Result in New York
Who :
Details :
Results in Trenton:
Who :
Military Power :
Results in Saratoga
Who :
Results in Valley
Forge :
19 EQ : How were the early years of the war a critical time?

Washington
- 20,000 poorly trained soldiers
- Forced to retreat vs. Howe
- 44,000 soldiers & sailors
- Nathan Hale hung by British for being a spy

Washington
- 2,400 soldiers
- Read the Crisis by
Thomas Paine to motivate his troops vs. British
- Attacked on Christmas
- Lost when the sneak attack struck from both sides

Horatio Gates
- 6,000 soldiers
- Surrounded the
British troops and won!
vs. John Burgoyne
- 8,000 soldiers ready to cut off the New England colonies from the rest
- King George ruined the plan

• Many European countries wanted to help the American
rebels :
– France
– Netherlands
– Spain
• Life in Valley Forge, PA was not ideal, so many women contributed food, medicine, and supplies to help troops

On the document provided, answer the following 3 questions based on the letter written by George Washington to Governor George
Clinton.
1. According to Washington, what is the condition of the army?
2. Why does Washington admire the soldiers in the army?
3. What does Washington hope George Clinton will be able to do for the army?
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