Download Road to Revolution Part 7

Topic:
Foundations of
Government
Essential Question:
What ideas and events laid the
foundation for the American Revolution?
Part 7
Battle of Trenton (December 26, 1776
 Washington crossed the Delaware River on
Christmas night
 Surprised and defeated the Hessians the next
day
 1st real victory for the Continental Army
 Obtained needed supplies
1st real victory for the Continental Army
Obtained needed supplies
 Importance:
 Forced the British to evacuate most of New
Jersey
 Allowed Washington to rest for the remainder
of the winter
 Encouraged soldiers to enlist
Battle of Saratoga (Sept/Oct 1777)
 Controlling the Hudson River was a key to
victory in the war
 Important American victory
Controlling the Hudson River was a key to victory
in the war
Important American victory
 Turning point in the war
 Ended the British offensive in the North
 Convinced France to enter the war against
England
Battle of Yorktown (1781)
 English General Cornwallis was trapped in
Yorktown, Virginia
 Surrounded by Washington, the French army,
and a French naval blockade
English General Cornwallis was trapped in Yorktown,
Virginia
Surrounded by Washington, the French army, and a
French naval blockade
 Cornwallis was forced to surrender
 Last major battle of the war
 Forced Britain to sign a peace treaty
Last major battle of the war
Forced Britain to sign a peace treaty
 Treaty of Paris (1783)
 Officially ended the Revolutionary War
 Officially freed the colonies from British control
.
 Discuss
 Princeton
 Saratoga
 Yorktown
 Treaty of Paris
 Write a sentence which
explains how each one of the
battle led to the Treaty of
Paris