Unit 4 Chapter 7 Lesson 2 Day 2 Pages 188-191

Awesome Adjectives Watch the movie The Winter of Red Snow. List at least three adjective that would describe the soldiers and the Continental Army in the movie. Remember, adjectives are words that describe nouns.

While these things were taking place in America, Ben Franklin was in France trying to convince the French to help the patriots beat the British.

In 1778 French troops began to arrive and helped turn the tide of the war.

On July 3, 1778, loyalist (Tory) soldiers and Native American allies attacked patriot militia in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley. Over 300 patriots were killed.

This became known as the Wyoming Massacre because many patriots trying to surrender were killed, and 227 scalps were reported to be taken by the Native Americans.

The Continental Army, along with its French allies, started to win more battles as the war went on.

Finally on October 17, 1781, the main British army surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia.

On September 3, 1783, Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay signed the Treaty of Paris which officially ended the war, ensured American independence, and created new borders for the United States of America.

North America after the Treaty of Paris 1783. United States Of America

American Independence was costly in money and lives: 50,000 Americans were killed or wounded; 6,000 French were killed; 48,000 British and Germans were killed or wounded.

Cinquain Use the following format to write a cinquain poem about the Revolutionary War. Line 1- one word/ subject Line 2- two adjectives describing line one Line 3- three action verbs that relate to line one Line 4- a four-word sentence that relates to line one Line 5- one word that is a synonym of line one