The American Revolution: Key Events and Outcomes

This set of flashcards covers key events, important figures, and outcomes of the American Revolutionary War as noted in the lecture.

The battle that marked the end of the American Revolutionary War was at __.

Yorktown.

The key figures involved in the surrender at Yorktown were and .

Washington and Lafayette.

Cornwallis surrendered on __.

October 17, 1781.

The treaty that recognized America as independent was called the __.

Treaty of Paris.

America was now officially independent and had control over lands __ of the Mississippi.

East.

The victory at Yorktown was a __ victory for the spread of democratic revolutions across Europe.

Symbolic.

Following the American Revolutionary War, the world saw a decline in __ and an increase in democratic ideas.

Monarchies.

Questions arose after the war about how to govern ourselves and what would happen to __.

Slavery.