PRESENTATION OUTLINE
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ABC BOOK
A - ADAMS.
SAMUEL ADAMS WAS THE PERSON WHO ORGANIZED THE SONS OF LIBERTY AND INFLUENCED MANY PEOPLE TO BECOME PATRIOTS.
B - BRITISH.
THE BRITISH WERE THE PEOPLE OPPOSING THE THIRTEEN COLONIES INDEPENDENCE. AT FIRST THEY OWNED THE COLONIES UNTIL THE COLONIES REBELLED.
C - Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts was punishment for the Boston Tea Party. British Soldiers were sent back to Boston and General Thomas Gage was put in charge. Also the port of Boston was closed.
D - Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the document that declared why the colonies wanted independence. Congress approved the Declaration on July 4th, 1776.
E - Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen was the leader of the Green Mountain Boys (a militia group) and he helped capture Fort Ticonderoga.
F - First Continental Congress
A Meeting of representatives from each colony to discuss issues.
G - George Washington
George Washington was the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolution.
H - Hancock, John
President of Second Continental Congress. First person to sign Declaration of Independence.
I - Infantry
Infantry was the uniforms the soldiers wore.
J - Jefferson, Thomas
Main writer of the Declaration of Independence and member of the Continental Congress.
K - Knox, Henry
Continental army leader who brought captured British cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston.
L - Lexington
Lexington is the place where the battle of Lexington happened. It is in Massachusetts.
M - Militias
Militias are volunteer armies.
N - Nathanael Greene
Patriot General during the Revolution.
O - Olive Branch Petition
Letter sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III in 1775 in attempt to avoid war.
P - parliament
Britain's law making assembly.
Q - Quartering Act
Colonists were ordered to house and feed British soldiers.
R - Revere, Paul
Patriot that warned people the British were coming.
S - Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point in the war. The British surrendered and this showed the Colonies had a chance of winning the war.
T - Tea Act
Colonists were only allowed to buy tea from the East India Tea.
U - United States
THE COUNTRY WE BECAME!!
V - Valley Forge
After Saratoga, Washington's army stayed her during the winter. More than 2,500 men died here of hunger, cold, and disease.
W - Washington, Martha
George Washington's Wife. She helped by cooking, delivering food, and visiting wounded soldiers.
X - Xmas.
The day Washington's army crossed the Delaware River.
Y - Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown ended the war. General Cornwallis surrendered.
Z - Zealous Minutemen
A group of Minutemen that would be armed and ready to fight when called.
