Unit 4 The American Revolution

a peace agreement that officially ended the revolutionary war and established British recognition of the independence of the US

• Continental Congress

• Treaty of Paris

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minutes notice

• unalienable

• Mercenaries

• Minutemen

• Guerrilla Warfare

The body of delegates who spoke and acted collectively for the people of the colony

• Treaty of Paris

• Minutemen

• Mercenaries

• Continental Congress

a revolutionary war battle in New Jersey in which Patriot forces captured more than 900 Hessian troops

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

• Valley Forge

not capable of being taken away or denied

• Mercenaries

• guerrilla warfare

• Unalienable

• minutemen

The last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Site of British general Charles Cornwallis surrendered to the Patriots in Virginia

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

• Valley Forge

The use of hit and run tactics by small, mobile groups of irregular forces operating in territory controlled by a hostile, regular force

• Minutemen

• Mercenaries

• Guerrilla Warfare

A Revolutionary War battle in New York that resulted in a major defeat of British troops marked the Patriots greatest victory up to this point in the war.

• Battle Of Trenton

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Saratoga

A village in SE Pennsylvania: Winter quarters of Washington's army 1777-78

• Treaty of Paris

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Yorktown

• Valley Forge

Hired foreign soldiers

• Minutemen

• Unalienable

• Mercenaries

• Continental Congresss