The Revolutionary War

Question 1

Who are patriots?

Answer 1

Americans who supported the war for independance

Question 2

Who are Loyalists (Tories):

Answer 2

colonists who opposed American independence and remained loyal to Britain during the American Revolution

Question 3

What was “The shot heard ‘round the world”?

Answer 3

Line in a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson describing the effect of the outbreak of the American Revolution in April 1775
* American Revolution and its principles became very influential around the world, it was the first of many rebellions by countries against their colonial rulers

Question 4

What was the Yorktown surrender?

Answer 4

The final military act that ended the Revolutionary War
October 1781, Americans and French blocked a British escape from Yorktown in Virginia; then on October 17-19 British forces under Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown to American Army under George Washington

Question 5

What is the Treaty of Paris?

Answer 5

The agreement sign on Sep 3, 1783 between Britian and America that ended the Revolutionary War
* Britain recognized the independence of America