2. Create a KIM card for the following words:
Bell Ringer
Create a KIM card for the following words:
Mercenary
Recruit
Inflation
Only fill in the word, definition, and sentence. Leave the historical context and memory clue blank for now.

3. Patriot or Loyalist?
Majority of Americans were not Patriots. Breakdown:
20-30% were Loyalists
40-45% were Patriots
25-40% were neutral
**Why do you think many colonists were neutral?**
**Do you think they will be forced to choose a side?**

4. Military Realities
Raising an army - especially an all volunteer army proved more difficult then expected. General Washington’s army never exceeded 17,000 men at any one time
**What is an all volunteer army called?**
Patriot army was never properly supplied – provisions such as ammunition, guns, food, etc. were always low or non existent.

5. Advantages British Advantages Strongest navy in the world
Well trained army
Very wealthy empire
More people
Patriot Advantages
Home court advantage
Greater motivation and purpose
Guerilla warfare tactics
George Washington! (very brave, determined, and smart in war)

6. Disadvantages British Disadvantages
Had to fight from across the Atlantic Ocean
Took a long time to get supplies and money
Had to rely on mercenaries because it took to long to ship troops
Patriots Disadvantages
No regular army
Weak navy
Troops lacked experience with weapons and fighting
Militia was only short term (1 year- 3 year terms)

7. Continental Army
Although the colonists declared their independence from Britain, they had no way of raising money to pay for an army to defend itself from Britain.
**How could the colonists have paid for troops?**
Although it was difficult for the Continental Army to maintain its troops, as many as 5,000 Blacks living in the colonies joined the side of the Patriots. South Carolina was the only state to continue to ban blacks from fighting.
**Why would colonies ban black from fighting even though they were low in troops?**
**Why would enslaved or free blacks decide to join the fight?**

8. First Battles of the War
The Patriots had a hard start. They were able to win in Boston, defeating the British. But soon after the Patriots were defeated in New York.
The Patriots were low on troops and supplies were very low. It seemed as if they would not survive the winter.
Although the British were winning the war at this point, Washington saw an opening when he noticed there was a British camp in Trenton, right across the Delaware River.
Washington surprised the British camp on Christmas night 1776 at Trenton and then marched straight to Princeton to defeat the British there as well.