Domain I Review 5

The _________was the army of the United Colonies representing the Thirteen Colonies and later the United States in the American Revolutionary War

• Continental Marines

• Continental Army

• Continental Navy

• Continental Navy

The __________ was a turning point in the Revolutionary War. The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale

• Battle of the Bulge

• Battle of Iwo Jima

• Battle of Network Stars

• Battle of Saratoga

This treaty, signed on September 3, 1783, between the American colonies and Great Britain, ended the American Revolution and formally recognized the United States as an independent nation.

• Treaty of Paris 1783

• Treaty of Barcelona 1783

• Treaty of Athens 1783

• Treaty of Istanbul 1783

Geographical feature that led Cornwallis' surrender at Yorktown effectively ended the Revolutionary War

• peninsula

• island

• mountains

• lakes

British soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War are often called "________'' because of their uniform color.

• silver britches

• redcoats

• red pants

• black shoes

The _________ proved to be the decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The British surrender forecast the end of British rule in the colonies and the birth of a new nation—the United States of America.

• Battle of Atlanta

• Battle of Boston

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Jamestown

Brutal winter camp where General George Washington suffered along with his army

• valley winter

• valley of the dolls

• valley forge

• upper valley

The main purpose of the __________ was to present a compelling case that King George III and the British Parliament had broken their own laws, leaving the American colonists no choice but to cut ties and “throw off” British rule. .

• Declaration of Complaints

• Declaration of Liberty

• Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Rights

Journey that led to the Continental Army's first major military victory of the war.

• Crossing the Deleware

• Crossing the Atlantic

• Crossing the Pacific

• Crossing the Patomac

________ made a clear case for independence and directly attacked the political, economic, and ideological obstacles to achieving it. Paine relentlessly insisted that British rule was responsible for nearly every problem in colonial society and that the 1770s crisis could only be resolved by colonial independence.

• Common Approach

• Common Cause

• Common Words

• Common Sense