Unit 2 Vocabulary - Events of the Revolution

Question 1

Ally

Answer 1

to join a side and fight together

Question 2

Militia

Answer 2

a voluntary army

Question 3

Minutemen

Answer 3

militia that is ready to fight any minute

Question 4

Foreign Recognition

Answer 4

foreign recognition was needed to be known as an independent nation.

Question 5

Surrender

Answer 5

to give up

Question 6

Commander

Answer 6

a leader in a war

Question 7

Battle of Lexington and Concord

Answer 7

the first battle of the American Revolution

Question 8

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 8

the moment that the Americans began to win the war and the French join the Americans to go against the British.

Question 9

Valley Forge

Answer 9

winter of 1777-1778, George Washington’s army camped at Valley Forge. The winter was extremely harsh and many colonists died.

Question 10

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 10

Last battle to end the American Revolution and General Cornwallis surrendered

Question 11

Treaty of Paris 1783

Answer 11

A document to tell that Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent nation.