SOL USI.6c: Revolutionary War Lisa Pennington Social Studies Instructional Specialist Portsmouth Public Schools
Mar 19, 2016
SOL USI.6c: Revolutionary War
Lisa PenningtonSocial Studies Instructional Specialist
Portsmouth Public Schools
Essential Understandings Many individuals played important roles in
shaping events of the American Revolution.
Key Individuals during the Revolution King George III: the
British king during the American Revolution.
http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/Insight_april03_mailbox_georgeIII_large.jpg
Key Individuals during the Revolution Lord Cornwallis: the
British general who surrendered at Yorktown
Did you know that Lord Cornwallis claimed he was ill and sent someone to surrender for him?
http://www.americanhistoryalive.com/images/LordCharlesCornwallis.jpg
Key Individuals during the Revolution John Adams:
championed the cause of independence.
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Key Individuals during the Revolution George Washington: Commander of the
Continental Army
http://www.sar.org/ohssar/AmericanRevolutionaryWar.jpg
Key Individuals during the Revolution Thomas Jefferson:
major author of the Declaration of Independence
Did you know Thomas Jefferson was only 33 when he wrote the Declaration?
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Key Individuals during the Revolution Patrick Henry:
outspoken member of the House or Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with his “Give me liberty or give me death!” speech
http://www.reclaimoklahoma.org/patrickhenry.jpg
Key Individuals during the Revolution Benjamin Franklin: prominent member of the Continental
Congress; helped frame the Declaration of Independence Helped gain French support
for the colonies
http://www.general-anaesthesia.com/images/benjamin-franklin.jpg
Key Individuals during the Revolution Phyllis Wheatley:
former slave who wrote poems and plays supporting independence.
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/notable/wheatleyp/
Key Individuals during the Revolution Paul Revere: patriot
who made a ride to warn colonists of the British arrival: “The British are coming!”
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Key Events during the Revolution Boston Massacre: in 1770, colonists in Boston
were shot after taunting British soldiers.
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Key Events during the Revolution Boston Tea Party: in
1773, Samuel Adams and Paul Revere led Patriots in throwing tea into Boston Harbor to protest tea taxes.
http://bostonist.com/attachments/boston_caroline/121607-boston-tea-party.jpg
Key Events during the Revolution First Continental
Congress: in 1774, delegates from all the colonies met to discuss problems with England and to promote independence.
http://www.aoc.gov/images/first_continental.jpg
Key Events during the Revolution Battle of Lexington an
d Concord: this was the site of the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary War in 1775.
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Depiction of the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775.
Key Events during the Revolution Approval of the
Declaration of Independence: colonies declared independence from England on July 4, 1776.
http://preservativevalues.org/DeclarationIndependence.jpg
Key Events during the Revolution Battle of Saratoga:
The American victory in 1777 was a turning point in the war.
http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/articles/gfx_articles/saratoga.jpg
Key Events during the Revolution Surrender at
Yorktown: the American and French forces defeated the forces of Lord Cornwallis and marked the end of the Revolutionary War.
http://www.dwr.org.uk/dwr.php?id=62&pa=207
Key Events during the Revolution Signing of the Treaty
of Paris: in 1783, England recognized American independence in this treaty.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/SigningPreliminaryTreatyOfPar