Revolutionary

War

Guidebook

Everything you ever wanted to know about…

• Road to the Revolution

• The Declaration of Independence

• British & Continental Army Facts

• Major People

Name: _________________________

Road to the Revolutionary War…

1754 - French and Indian War

1765 - Taxation without Representation!

1765 - Stamp Act

1770 - Boston Massacre

1772 - Committee of Correspondence

1773 - Boston Tea Party

1774 - First Continental Congress

Boycott

1775 - Lexington and Concord

1775 - Battle of Bunker Hill (actually Breed’s Hill)

1775 – Second Continental Congress

1776 – Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence:

4 Major Parts

Part 1 Preamble

Part 2 Basic

Rights

Part 3

Grievances

against King

George III

Part 4 War is

Declared!

1776 – Battle of Trenton

1777 – Battle of Saratoga

1777 – Winter at Valley Forge

1781 – Battle of Yorktown

1783 – The Treaty of Paris

Now this leads us to creating a new nation!

To be continued…

British and Continental Army Facts

British “Redcoats”

Continentals “Patriots”

Strengths

Weaknesses

Very Important People!

King George III –

Patrick Henry –

Paul Revere –

George Washington –

Henry Knox –

John Adams –

Thomas Jefferson –

Benjamin Franklin –

John Hancock –

Thomas Paine –

Nathan Hale -

Benedict Arnold –

Baron von Steuben –

Marquis de Lafayette -

Abigail Adams –

Martha Washington –

Phyllis Wheatley –

Molly Pitcher –

Mary Katherine Goddard -