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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

the Revolutionary War was conducted in three stages and in five theaters of war. Identify the three stages and also the five theaters of war.  What caused the British to leave Boston?  What was the turning point of the war?  Why did the British invade South Carolina?

TERMS TO CONSIDER
Lexington and Concord
Paul Revere
Bunker Hill
Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
Henry Knox
Dorchester Heights
Long Island
George Washington
General Green
General Gates
Trenton
Prineton
General Burgoyne
Baron von Stuben
Marquis de Lafayette
Monmouth
Valley Forge
Saratoga
George Rogers Clark
John Paul Jones
Camden
King's Mountain
Cowpens
Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
"World Turned Upside Down"

 
READING TO CONSIDER
 
SOAP
 
 
MAPS TO CONSIDER
 
 
Explain the advancements of the British in these two maps. 
Explain what was the outcome of the British advancements.

 
 
 
 
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,..." Declaration of Independence, 1776