REG Movie Packet:  The War for Independence

Packet includes fill-in-the-blank and timeline activity.

 

Below is the word bank for the fill-in-the-blank.

All items will be used one time only exactly as written.

Also, be sure you know and understand the words in italics.

   

 

1. _____________ were paid German soldiers, or mercenaries, who fought for Britain.
2. _________________ was a Boston patriot leader who was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
3. ___________________was the U.S. Commander of the army at this time.
4. _____________________was where the U.S. Army (called the Continental Army) got cannons used to fight off the British from Boston.
5. ___________________ was the first city to fall to the British in the south.
6. The last battle of the Revolutionary War took place at _______________________.
7. Washington and 12,000 soldiers spent a long hard winter at ______________________.
8. __________________________ was the U.S. General who went over to the British side in the middle of the Revolutionary War.  His name is still used to mean “a traitor.”
9. The treaty that officially ended the Revolutionary War and brought peace between Britain and the United States was signed in _____________________________.
10. ____________________was the British General who surrendered (gave up) at Yorktown, ending the war.

 

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REG:  Timeline Directions:6 Major events of the Revolutionary War

 

1. Draw a vertical in the middle of a clean sheet of your spiral.  This will be your timeline.  Label it neatly.
2. Use your book and notes to research when the events below took place.
3. Neatly write in the dates (month and year) for each event on your timeline.
4. Cut out the boxes and glue them to the timeline and corresponding date you drew in your spiral.
5. Add a colorful symbol, clip art, or drawing to each item to help you remember these six important events of the American Revolution.