The REVOLUTIONARY WAR

What does REVOLUTION mean? An overthrow of an established government or political system by the people governed.

Content Objectives Begin to create a timeline of events of the Revolutionary War. Identify key players of the American Revolution.

Language Objective Write names and descriptions of key players of the American Revolution.

Revolutionary War KEY PLAYERS

BRITAIN

King of Britain during the war. King George III King of Britain during the war.

British General stationed in Boston. Thomas Gage British General stationed in Boston.

British General who was stopped near Saratoga. General John Burgoyne British General who was stopped near Saratoga.

General Charles Cornwallis British General who surrendered at Yorktown.

COLONIES

Led Continental Army during the American Revolution George Washington Led Continental Army during the American Revolution

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Patrick Henry “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

Killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre Crispus Attucks Killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre

Rode his horse, warning the colonists that the British were coming. Paul Revere Rode his horse, warning the colonists that the British were coming.

Rode with Revere spreading warning. William Dawes Rode with Revere spreading warning.

Important Patriot leader in Boston. John Hancock Important Patriot leader in Boston.

William Prescott A Patriot colonel at Bunker Hill. “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”

Wrote 1776 pamphlet Common Sense Thomas Paine Wrote 1776 pamphlet Common Sense

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Wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Thomas Jefferson Wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.” Nathan Hale “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

One of the most famous traitors in American History. Benedict Arnold One of the most famous traitors in American History.

“ I have not yet begun to fight!” John Paul Jones “ I have not yet begun to fight!”