Unit 4Chapter 7Lesson 2

Day 2

Pages 188-191

Awesome AdjectivesWatch the movie The Winter of Red Snow. List at least three adjective that would describe

the soldiers and the Continental Army in the movie. Remember,

adjectives are words that describe nouns.

While these things were taking place in America, Ben Franklin

was in France trying to convince the French to help the patriots

beat the British.

In 1778 French troops began to arrive and helped turn the tide

of the war.

On July 3, 1778, loyalist (Tory) soldiers and Native American

allies attacked patriot militia in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley. Over 300 patriots were killed.

This became known as the Wyoming Massacre because

many patriots trying to surrender were killed, and 227 scalps were

reported to be taken by the Native

Americans.

The Continental Army, along with its French allies, started to

win more battles as the war went on.

Finally on October 17, 1781, the main British army surrendered

at Yorktown, Virginia.

On September 3, 1783, Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay signed the Treaty of Paris

which officially ended the war, ensured American

independence, and created new borders for the United States of

America.

North America after the Treaty of Paris 1783.

United StatesOf America

American Independence was costly in money and lives:50,000 Americans were

killed or wounded;6,000 French were killed;

48,000 British and Germans were killed or wounded.

Use the following format to write a cinquain poem about the

Revolutionary War.

Line 1- one word/ subjectLine 2- two adjectives describing line oneLine 3- three action verbs that relate to

line oneLine 4- a four-word sentence that relates

to line oneLine 5- one word that is a synonym of line one

CINQUAIN