AP U.S. History / Unit 3: Period 3: 1754–1800
3.5 The American Revolution
Notes
The Continental Army (George Washington) fought Britain (1775–1783). Key: victory at Saratoga (1777) brought the French alliance; Yorktown (1781) ended major fighting; the Treaty of Paris (1783) recognized independence.
Practice
The Battle of Saratoga was important because it:
Turning point.
The British surrender at Yorktown happened in:
End of major fighting.
Loyalists were colonists who:
Tories.
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