Battles of the American Revolution

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Battles of the American Revolution
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Focus 10/19/12

• As you watch the Shot heard around the world
  video clip, write terms, significant people, and
  events that you recognize.

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The battles of Concord and Lexington were fought
in Massachusetts in April, 1775. The Redcoats ,
led by General Thomas Gage, ordered the soldiers
to Concord to destroy colonists weapons supply.
Minutemen at Lexington tried to stop them 8
were killed.
LEXINGTON
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CONCORD
By the time the British got to Concord, they
realized most of the weapons and gun powder were
gone because the minutemen had been warned by
Paul Revere. The British continued to Concord and
were forced to retreat back to Boston by the
Minutemen. On their way back, the American
militia attacked the British from cover and
killed 73 British. Lexington and Concord started
the American Revolution and was known as the
shot heard around the world
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Notes

• Lexington and Concord
• 1st Major battles of the American Revolution
• Shot heard round the world
• Date April, 1775
• Significant people British General Thomas Gage,
  Paul Revere, and minuetmen.

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Bunker Hill

• Significance 1st battle for the Continental
  Army. British realized America would not easily
  be defeated
• Colonel Prescott dont fire until you see the
  whites of their eyes
• Outcome British won, but lost 1000 men. The
  Continental army realized that they needed better
  training.

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Battle of Saratoga
TURNING POINT OF THE WAR!!!

• Before reaching Albany, British General Burgoyne
  was surrounded by the American army and running
  out of supplies.

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Battle of Saratoga
He surrendered to the Americans.
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Battle of Saratoga
SIGNIFICANCE France decided to help Americans
because they might have a chance of winning the
war.

• Marquis de Lafayette -
• brought aid to the U.S. and fought in many
  battles.

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Notes

• Saratoga
• turning point of the American Revolution
• Benjamin Franklin Persuaded France and Spain to
  join the fight against Great Britain
• Motivation.revenge!

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To inspire the troops to keep fighting,
Washington reads Thomas Paines The American
Crisis.
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Battle of Yorktown
American and French armies and ships trapped the
British army.
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Battle of Yorktown
British General Cornwallis surrendered to the
Americans.
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Notes

• Yorktown
• Cornwallis (British General) surrenders and it
  effectively ends the war.
• Convinces Great Britain to negotiate with the
  Colonists to end the revolutions

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TREATY OF PARIS 1783
British decided to negotiate not worth it to
keep fighting.
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TREATY OF PARIS 1783

• BRITISH TERMS
• Recognized U.S. as independent nation.
• Gave U.S. territory between Atlantic and
  Mississippi.
• Promised to withdraw their troops from U.S.
• Americans could fish off coast of Canada.

• AMERICAN TERMS
• British merchants could collect debts owed by
  Americans.
• States would return property taken from Loyalists.

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Exit Ticket

• Now that you read about the battles of the
  American Revolution, lets watch the video again
  and see if you recognize the significance of the
  song.
• 1. Why is the name of the song called Shot heard
  around the world?
• 2. Which countries aided the Colonists in the
  war?

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Interest assignmentsInformation must come from
your webs
Interest Activity
Sports Create a broadcast as thought the revolution were a football or soccer game. Colonies vs. Great Britain
Music Write a song, rap, or poem about the Revolutionary war battles.
Video game Create a video game about the revolution, showing how to change levels, avatars must be historic figures.
Movies Create a script to act out one of the most significant battles of the Revolution.
Art Draw a illustrated time line
Cooking Write out a recipe for a successful Revolution