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5thGrSocStud-AmerRev
5th Grade Social Studies- American Revolution
Question | Answer |
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First Continental Congress | Discussed the problems the Colonists were having with the British |
Second Continental Congress | Formed the Continental Army. Elected George Washington to lead new American army. Decided to declare independence. |
Minutemen | Militia groups that could be ready at a minute's notice to fight for their colony |
Continental Army | an army of soldiers from all 13 colonies |
Olive Branch Petition | Letter sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III in an attempt to avoid war. |
Common Sense | A pamphlet that convinced many Americans it was time to declare independence. |
The Treaty of Paris | Signed in 1783 that officially ended the American Revolution. Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country. |
Mercenaries | Soldiers from country paid to fight for another country. King George paid German soldiers (Hessians) to fight for Britain. |
Militias | Volunteer armies that are not well organized or trained. |
Battle of Lexington | The shot heard around the world. The beginning of the American Revolution. |
Battle at Concord | British soldiers wanted the weapons. Women hid the weapons in fields and barns around town. Colonists won the British marched 20 miles back to Boston. |
Battle of Bunker Hill | Colonel Prescott's men worked all night building a fort. It took 3 attempts before the British finally won this battle. Colonel Prescott ordered, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes." Colonists wanted to force the British out of Boston. |
Battle of Saratoga | Turning point of the war. Showed the world that the Continental Army could win the war. After this battle, France agreed to join the fight against Britain. |
Valley Forge | Patriot army was short on food & warm clothing. Many of the soldiers did not have shoes. 2,500 men died of hunger, cold, and disease. |
Yorktown | Washington's army trapped the British. General Cornwallis surrendered his entire army to Washington. |
Thomas Jefferson | Author of the Declaration of Independence. |
Thomas Paine | Author of Common Sense. |
George Washington | Leader of the Continental Army. |
Peter Salem | African American soldier that shot John Pitcairn at Bunker Hill. |
Paul Revere | sent to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams along with other Americans that the British were coming. |
What did Ethan Allen & the Green Mountain Boys capture at Fort Ticonderoga? | British cannons |