Appendix C
Outcomes of the Revolution
Part 1
Complete the grid by describing each military event and explaining its relationship to the outcome of the Revolutionary War.
Military Event | Description | Relationship to the Outcome of the Revolutionary War | Concord and Lexington | Was the first military engagement of the revolutionary warThe british were given secret orders to capture and destroy military ammo | These were the first battles that got the revolutionary war going | Fort Ticonderoga | What ever country controlled this fort also controlled the passageway between the countries. | Was the first major victory for the Americas during the war | Second Continental Congress | Where individuals from the twelve colonies met in philidelphia to talk about the war and ways of handling certain areas. They managed the colonial war | Adopted the decleration of independence and moved the Unidted States toward independence. | Bunker Hill | The british took control of bunker hill. It was these local wars that widened the war between England and the colonies. | Lord Dunmore announced from a british warship that slaves would be released if they would help fight for the british. | Quebec | The American forces went to battle with Canada and the british forces for quebec. It was the first major defeat on the American forces | The American colonies decided to focus more on winning the americas | Lake Champlain | Whoever got control of this lake would have control of the major trading waterway | After the war the Americas decided against trade with france and the british | Trenton | George Washington marched his troops into Trenton and did a surprise attack on the hessian troops | Was a turning point to the revolutionary war and a morel booster for the American forces | Saratoga | This is the point where the French became engaged into battle with the british | Another one of the turning points for the war where the