Chapter 7: The

American Revolution
(1776-1783)

Who?
What?
Where?
When?
Why?
How?

Chapter 7 Introduction
Questions

WHO?
Patriots were
American colonist
who wanted
independence from
Britain.
George
Washington was the
general of the
Continental Army.
Benjamin Franklin
was the United States
diplomat to France.

WHO?
Ally is a country that
agrees to help another
country achieve a
common goal.
Marquis de Lafayette a
French nobleman who
volunteered to serve in
George Washingtons
army.
King Louis XVI was the
King of France during
American Revolution, and
signed treaties of alliance
with the United States.

WHO?
Loyalists were
American colonist who
supported the British in
the American
Revolution.
Benedict Arnold was
an American caught
trying to turn over an
American fort to the
British, and today his
name is used to mean
a traitor
Lord Cornwallis was
the British general at
the Battle of Camden

WHAT?

WHERE?
Battle of Saratoga
Princeton and Trenton
Valley Forge
Northwest Territory
Battle of Camden
Battle of Yorktown

WHERE?
BATTLE OF SARATOGA
At the Battle of
Saratoga (New York),
the Continental Army
lead by Benedict Arnold
defeated British troops.

(Positive) The US
received more foreign
aid.

(Negative) Benedict
Arnold would later try to
betray the United States.

WHERE?
PRINCETON AND TRENTON
On December 25, 1776,
Washington and his
troops rowed across the
icy Delaware River to
New Jersey.
Washington and his
troops surprised and
defeated more than 900
Hessians in Trenton, New
Jersey.
8 days later Washington
and his troops won
another victory against
British forces in
Princeton, New Jersey.

WHERE?
VALLEY FORGE
In late 1777,
Washington and his
army were retreating
from Philadelphia.
In the winter of 17771778 Washington and
his army were low on
supplies, and camped
at Valley Forge in
Southeast
Pennsylvania.

WHERE?
NORTHWEST TERRITORY
George Rogers Clark
and a group of men
(175 to 200) travelled
along the Ohio and
Mississippi Rivers to
capture British posts on
the Western frontier.
Clark persuaded British
troops in a fort to
surrender by pretending
to have a larger force
than he really had and
executing prisoners in
view of the fort.

WHERE?
In 1778, the British moved
the war to the South
because:
1) The British believed
that most Southerners
were Loyalists.
2) They did not have
enough troops to
occupy all of the North
and South.
3) The South was closer
to Britains West Indian
colonies.
BATTLE OF CAMDEN
) In 1780, at the Battle of
Camden (South
Carolina), Lord

WHERE?
BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
Battle of Yorktown was
the last major battle of
the American
Revolution.
At the Battle of
Yorktown Cornwallis
was surrounded by the
Americans (lead by
George Washington)
and French (lead by
Marquis de Layette).
Cornwallis surrendered
on October 19, 1781.

WHEN?
After the
Declaration of
Independence
was signed (July
4, 1776).
To the Treaty of
Paris of 1783,
which ended the
Revolutionary
War.

WHY?
Why the
Americans
won?
1)Better
leadership
2)Foreign Aid
3)Knowledge
of the land
4)Motivation

Treaty of Paris
of 1783
Treaty of Paris of 1783
ended the Revolutionary
War.
What were the terms of
the Treaty of Paris of
1783?
1) The US was
independent.
2) The US boundaries
would be the
Mississippi River on the
West, Canada on the
North, and Florida on
the South.
3) The US had fishing
rights off Canadas
Atlantic Coast.

Treaty of
Paris of 1783
4) Each side would repay
debt it owed the other.
5) British would return
enslaved persons.
6) Congress would return
property seized from
Loyalists.