SARAH MICHELLE CRASH COURSE STUDY GUIDE
SOLUTION – Everything you need for success!
(2024/2025/2026)
Main strategies of the British in the Revolutionary War? - To capture all the cities and force the
colonists to surrender.
Colonists advantage? - Home-field advantage, knowledge of the terrain, easier supply lines, George
Washington.
Most famous battle of the war? - The Battle of Trenton.
Most important battle? (at least in the North) - Battle of Saratoga.
Key battle in the South? - Yorktown. (1781)
How many slaves fought with the British? - Around 100,000.
North reliance and South reliance? - North: Payed labor.
South: Slavery.
Who fought in the war besides white men? - Some colonial women, Native Americans fought for
both the Colonists and the British, and slaves fought for both sides as well; mainly the British.
Truly revolutionary aspect of the Revolution? - Religious freedom.
Effects of cotton gin? - A. Made it possible to turn a profit growing inferior American cotton.
B. Reinvigorated slavery.
SOLUTION – Everything you need for success!
(2024/2025/2026)
Main strategies of the British in the Revolutionary War? - To capture all the cities and force the
colonists to surrender.
Colonists advantage? - Home-field advantage, knowledge of the terrain, easier supply lines, George
Washington.
Most famous battle of the war? - The Battle of Trenton.
Most important battle? (at least in the North) - Battle of Saratoga.
Key battle in the South? - Yorktown. (1781)
How many slaves fought with the British? - Around 100,000.
North reliance and South reliance? - North: Payed labor.
South: Slavery.
Who fought in the war besides white men? - Some colonial women, Native Americans fought for
both the Colonists and the British, and slaves fought for both sides as well; mainly the British.
Truly revolutionary aspect of the Revolution? - Religious freedom.
Effects of cotton gin? - A. Made it possible to turn a profit growing inferior American cotton.
B. Reinvigorated slavery.
