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Fighting the Revolutionary War: Campaigns, Alliances, and Peace

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

9 lessons

Goal

Analyze the military strategies, turning points, foreign contributions, and concluding peace settlement of the American Revolutionary War, along with the social contradictions of the era.

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  1. George Washington and the Continental ArmyUp next
  2. Trenton and Princeton: Reviving Revolutionary HopesNot started yet
  3. The Saratoga Campaign and the French AllianceNot started yet
  4. Winter Encampment at Valley Forge: Hardship and TrainingNot started yet
  5. Foreign Allies: Lafayette, Von Steuben, De Grasse, and GálvezNot started yet
  6. The Southern Campaign and Guerrilla WarfareNot started yet
  7. The Siege of Yorktown and the Surrender of CornwallisNot started yet
  8. The Treaty of Paris 1783 and Diplomatic RecognitionYou are here
  9. Contradictions of the Revolution: Slavery and Unfree LaborersNot started yet
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us-maUSI.T1.6Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe the key battles of the Revolution (e.g., Lexington, Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown); the winter encampment at Valley Forge; and key leaders and participants of the Continental Army.