Important Events of the Revolution (VS.5c)

What lead to the end of the Revolutionary War?

• George Washington claimed he won

• Britain surrendered

• The colonists quit

Where did the British surrender?

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

• Boston

• The Battle of Yorktown, Virginia

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

What year was the Battle of Yorktown?

• 1776

• 1773

• 1781

• 1800

What document lead to the official end of the Revolutionary War?

• Proclamation of 1763

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Declaration of Independence (1776)

• The Constitution (1787)

The last important battle between the Continental Army and the British Army was in _______________.

• Yorktown, Virginia

• Richmond, Virginia

• Boston, Massachusetts

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

As a result of the Revolutionary War...

• the colonists were forced to move back to Great Britain

• the colonists had to continue to pay unfair taxes on items

• Great Britain gave up control of the colonies

• Great Britain continued to control Virginia