His115 R3 Appendix C Outcomes Of Revolution
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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
In April of 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent out men to concord to get the arsenal of weapons that he had heard about and decided to go through Lexington to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock. The minutemen went to meet the British soldiers but backed down because they were out -numbered. After they defeated the colonist at Lexington, The British marched to concord to complete their task. They searched for weapons but didn’t find any. It wasn’t until they were headed back to Boston they were shot at by the minutemen from the woods and fields.
This was the beginning of the Revolutionary war. It during this long war that Americans colonies won their independence from British taxation and rule.
Fort Ticonderoga
Served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian war. On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising the capturing the sleeping British garrison.
This was the first American victory of the revolutionary war, and would give the continental army much needed artillery to be used in future battles.
Second Continental Congress
Made decisions when and where to attack the British and how to protect themselves. They issued paper money and set up a system where the government would borrow from the citizens and pay it back with interest. They also created a postal system and the First American Navy was formed. The congress was never given power to levy taxes to finance the war.
The Second Continental Congress convened after the Revolutionary War had already begun. It took steps of declaring America’s independence from
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
In April of 1775, British General Thomas Gage sent out men to concord to get the arsenal of weapons that he had heard about and decided to go through Lexington to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock. The minutemen went to meet the British soldiers but backed down because they were out -numbered. After they defeated the colonist at Lexington, The British marched to concord to complete their task. They searched for weapons but didn’t find any. It wasn’t until they were headed back to Boston they were shot at by the minutemen from the woods and fields.
This was the beginning of the Revolutionary war. It during this long war that Americans colonies won their independence from British taxation and rule.
Fort Ticonderoga
Served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian war. On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising the capturing the sleeping British garrison.
This was the first American victory of the revolutionary war, and would give the continental army much needed artillery to be used in future battles.
Second Continental Congress
Made decisions when and where to attack the British and how to protect themselves. They issued paper money and set up a system where the government would borrow from the citizens and pay it back with interest. They also created a postal system and the First American Navy was formed. The congress was never given power to levy taxes to finance the war.
The Second Continental Congress convened after the Revolutionary War had already begun. It took steps of declaring America’s independence from