REVOULUTION ABC BOOK

A IS FOR ALEXANDER HAMILTON

• He lead one of the companies who fired at the Hessians.
• He signed the Declaration of Independance.

B is for Britain

• The British didn't want to give America independance.
• America was Britain's colonies
• The war was fought against Britain.

C is for Continental Army

• The Americans were known as the Continental Army.
• They fought the British and earned Independance.

D is for Deborah Sampson

• She fought in the Revolution pretending to be a boy.
• She got discovered because of an injury.

E is for Experinced Soldiers

• The British had expirenced soldiers that were known to win.
• America had unexpirenced soldiers and weren't supposed to win.

F is for Friedrich Von Stueben

• He is the German officer who helped America have a proper army.
• The army grew stronger every day.

G is for Green mountain boys

• They captured Fort Ticonderoga with their leader Ethan Allen.
• The Green Mountain Boys also got badly needed Cannons.

H is for Hessians

• They aided Britain in the war.
• George Washington held a suprise attack on the Hessians.

I IS FOR Independance

• The partoits fought for indepandance.
• Britain wouldn't give them indepandance.

J is for James Armistad

• He risked his life as a Patriot spying on the Loyalists.
• After the war he was freed from slavery and praised.

K is for King George iii

• He was king of Britain and didn't want the colonies to leave him.
• He ruled the colonies before they won the war.

L is for Liberty

• America was fighting for liberty
• Britian wasn't giving America liberty

M is for Mary Ludwig Hays

• Mary carried buckets of water to the soldiers while they were battling.
• When her husband fainted she took over and fired the cannons.

N is for Nathan Hale

• Nathan Hale was a Patroit that spied on the British.
• He got captured and killed.

O IS FOR Overthrow

• The Americans wanted to overthrow the British government so they could have freedom!
• Britain tried not to let America overthrow him!

P is for Parliment

• Parliment made unfair taxes post-war to pay debt
• The Americans got no voice in parliment which made them mad

Q is for Quartering Act

• The Quartering Act was part of the Intolerable Acts.
• It said you had to house a soldier if they asked.

R IS FOR Revolution

• The Americans started a revolution.
• The revolution turned into a war.

S IS FOR Saratoga

• The Battle of Saratoga was fought here.
• Because of this the British army suffered a great loss.

T IS FOR Treaty of paris

• The Treaty of Paris ended the war.
• Now America was an idependant country and Britian recognized this.

U IS FOR United States of America

• The new country was named the United States of America.
• The United States was and is a democracy which means no king like Britain

V IS FOR Valley Forge

• Washington and his troops spent a winter at Valley Forge after the Battle of Saratoga
• The army was short of clothes and food. Some soldiers didn't even have shoes!

W is for Winners

• The Americans won the war and indepandance
• Now the Americans were free to make their own government.

X IS FOR X-MAS

• Washinton and his troops attacked the Hessian's on Christmas which is also known as X-mas.
• Washington got the Hessians to surrender which is when the tables started to turn.

Y IS FOR Yorktown

• During the 6th year of the war the patriots captured Yorktown.
• Cornwallis surrendered his whole army! The Americans won!

Z IS FOR Zenger, John

• He was thrown in jail for printing his political opinions
• He critisized New York's governer.