Sequence Key Revolution Events

• Print the following slides on full sheets and pass one out to each student until all 5 are gone.

• Have the students line up in sequential order at the front of the class and describe the Event:

• Description– Cause– Effect– Main Idea– Etc.

• Have them pass the paper out to a student of their choice.

• Lather, rinse, repeat.

Boston, MA

Boston Tea Party

Lexington, MA | Concord, MA

Battles of Lexington &

Concord

Philadelphia, PA

Signed Declaration of Independence

Saratoga, NY

Battle of Saratoga

Valley Forge, PA

Winter Camp

at

Valley Forge

Yorktown, VA

Battle of Yorktown

Treaty of Paris 1783

Vocabulary

Mercenary

Desert

¼ of the British weren’t British!

• It was easier for the British to pay people to fight for them than to train new soldiers

– These were Mercenaries

• They hired up to 30,000 German soldiers called Hessians to go fight the Americans

• How might this be another advantage for the Colonists?

Deserters

• Hessian prisoners of war were put to work on local farms and were offered land bounties to desert and join the Americans.

• Do you think the British made a mistake hiring mercenaries? Explain why.

Sequence and Map