Appendix CHIS/115 Version 31Associate Level MaterialAppendix COutcomes of the RevolutionPart 1Completethe grid by describing each military event and explaining its relationship to the outcome of the Revolutionary War.MilitaryEventDescriptionRelationship to the Outcome of the Revolutionary WarConcord andLexingtonThis battle was the first battle of the revolutionary war itstarted on April 18 1775. The British were sent to destroya stash of weapons that colonialists had.The war officially began because of the shot fired but no oneknows which side started it. The colonialists lost the weaponstash but stopped the British at a bridge between Lexington andconcord where they won that battle.FortTiconderogaFort Ticonderoga was a small battle that that happened inthe dawn on may 10, 1775 a small group of men took thefort by surprise capturing the sleeping British soldiers.This gave the colonialists an upper hand because it was situatedat a key point of access for Canada and the Hudson river valley.The battle also gave the colonialists a large weapons stash.SecondContinentalCongressThe second continental congress was a group of leadersthat convened after the attack on Lexington and concordto decide what their actions would be taken to meet theBritish threat.The second continental congress decided to make a military oftheir own, called the continental army and made GorgeWashington the supreme commander of the army.Bunker HillBunker hill was under the control of colonialists, whichgave them complete control of Boston harbor. At nightwhile British soldiers were sleeping the colonialist soldiersare building walls from dirt giving them better protection.
