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Back Print Name Class Date Vocabulary Builder The American Revolution Section 1 DIRECTIONS Read each sentence and fill in the blank with the word in the word pair that best completes the sentence. 1. The chose not to break away from Britain but did create a military force and a new currency with which to pay the soldiers. (First Continental Congress/Second Continental Congress) 2. General George Washington led the main colonial military force, which was called the . (Continental Army/minutemen) 3. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates to the to discuss Great Britain’s decision to close the port of Boston. (First Continental Congress/Second Continental Congress) 4. Members of the civilian volunteer militia of Massachusetts were known as . (minutemen/Redcoats) 5. Although the colonists lost, the proved that they could take on the British. (Battle of Bunker Hill/Seige of Fort Ticonderoga) DIRECTIONS Write two adjectives or descriptive phrases that describe the term, person, or event. 6. Battle of Bunker Hill ________________________________________________ 7. George Washington _________________________________________________ 8. minutemen ________________________________________________________ 9. Redcoats __________________________________________________________ 10. Second Continental Congress _________________________________________ Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. 1 The American Revolution Back Print Answer Key The American Revolution Vocabulary Builder 3. Marquis de Lafayette; French statesman and officer who viewed the American Revolution as important to the world, he helped finance the Revolution and served as major general 4. John Paul Jones; American naval officer famed for bravery, his most famous victory was the defeat of the British warship Serapis, during which he declared, “I have not yet begun to fight!” SECTION 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Second Continental Congress Continental Army First Continental Congress minutemen Battle of Bunker Hill where Americans retreated; tragic victory for the British; where the British suffered more than a thousand casualties a Virginian; commander of the Continental Army a civilian group; a volunteer group; colonists British soldiers; wore red uniforms made up of delegates from 12 colonies; met in Philadelphia; was far from unified; chose not to break from Britain SECTION 4 Answers will vary but one example is: Dear Son, I want to pass on a little of the history that I remember from before you were born. During the Revolutionary War, the British thought that they could do a better job of defeating the Americans by fighting more in the southern colonies. The British freed slaves in the south to help them fight. This worked for the British for a while. The Patriot forces tried to push the British out of South Carolina but failed because the attack was poorly planned. Horatio Gates led the Patriot forces in this battle. At this battle the American Patriots lost their southern army. Soon, General Nathanael Greene arrived in the Carolinas to reorganize the Patriot army. They did not stop fighting though. They started using guerrilla warfare. Francis Marion led Marion’s Brigade, a group of soldiers who used surprise raids against British communications and supply lines. The British now controlled most of the South. Benedict Arnold, who was a great American soldier, turned traitor. It looked bad for the Patriots. The French General Comte de Rochambeau helped General Washington plan strategies. During the Battle of Yorktown, the Patriots began to wear down the British defenses. Finally the British surrendered. The real end of the Revolutionary War was the Treaty of Paris of 1783 because it recognized U.S. independence. SECTION 2 1. Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to encourage the colonists to declare independence. 2. The Second Continental Congress formally declared the colonies free from Great Britain with the Declaration of Independence. 3. Loyalists faced hostility as a result of their views regarding the Declaration of Independence. 4. Thomas Jefferson was the main author of the Declaration of Independence. The three main points he made are: 1) all men possess unalienable rights; 2) Britain had violated the colonists’ rights with unfair laws and interference; 3) the colonies had the right to break from Britain. SECTION 3 1. Battle of Trenton; a Revolutionary War battle led by George Washington in New Jersey on Christmas night that was a major defeat for the British 2. Battle of Saratoga; site in eastern New York of a Revolutionary War battle that was the turning point of the war and brought France, Spain, and the Netherlands into the war on the Patriots’ side. 1. d 2. a Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. All rights reserved. 31 The American Revolution