1. The REVOLUTIONARY WAR

2. What does REVOLUTION mean?
An overthrow of an established government or political system by the people governed.

3. Content Objectives
Begin to create a timeline of events of the Revolutionary War.
Identify key players of the American Revolution.

4. Language Objective
Write names and descriptions of key players of the American Revolution.

5. Revolutionary War KEY PLAYERS

6. BRITAIN

7. King of Britain during the war.
King George III
King of Britain during the war.

8. British General stationed in Boston.
Thomas Gage
British General stationed in Boston.

9. British General who was stopped near Saratoga.
General John Burgoyne
British General who was stopped near Saratoga.

10. General Charles Cornwallis
British General who surrendered at Yorktown.

11. COLONIES

12. Led Continental Army during the American Revolution
George Washington
Led Continental Army during the American Revolution

13. Disney Channel Star. Just making sure you are paying attention!
Selena Gomez
Disney Channel Star. Just making sure you are paying attention!

14. Patrick Henry
“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

15. Killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
Killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre

16. Rode his horse, warning the colonists that the British were coming.
Paul Revere
Rode his horse, warning the colonists that the British were coming.

17. Rode with Revere spreading warning.
William Dawes
Rode with Revere spreading warning.

18. Important Patriot leader in Boston.
John Hancock
Important Patriot leader in Boston.

19. William Prescott
A Patriot colonel at Bunker Hill. “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes.”

20. Wrote 1776 pamphlet Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Wrote 1776 pamphlet Common Sense

21. Keep paying attention! We’re almost done!
Jonas Brothers
Keep paying attention! We’re almost done!

22. Wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Thomas Jefferson
Wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

23. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
Nathan Hale
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

24. One of the most famous traitors in American History.
Benedict Arnold
One of the most famous traitors in American History.

25. “ I have not yet begun to fight!”
John Paul Jones
“ I have not yet begun to fight!”