Term
| Declaration of Independence |
|
Definition
| The written document that explain to the English King that the thirteen colonies what to break away from English rule.
>[image] |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The auther of the Declaration of Independence |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Known for the shot heard round the world and the start of the American Revolution. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The gentlemen who rode out to warn the colonist that the British were coming.
[image] |
|
|
Term
| The Second Contential Congress |
|
Definition
| The group of delagetes that set forth several elements to ready the colonists for war. |
|
|
Term
| List the four elements that the Second Contential Congress put into practice. |
|
Definition
1. National post office
2. George Washington as commander-n-chief of the Army
3. Dialogue with Native Americans
4. Dialogue with European countries for help against England. |
|
|
Term
| What advantages did the Colonists have in their fight with England? |
|
Definition
1. Fighting on their own territory (they know the lay of the land)
2. Their will/spirit to fight. (They were fighting for their homes, families, and land) |
|
|
Term
| What disadvantages did the English face in the American Revolution? |
|
Definition
1. It could months for supplies and men to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
2. The men had little motivation to fight in a land that was not theirs. |
|
|
Term
| Who was the commander of the American Army? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| In what year did the colonist declara their independence? |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
| How do we celebrate the Declaration of Independence today? |
|
Definition
| The 4th of July.... Fireworks! Parades! and Picnics! |
|
|
