Social Studies for the Week of May 4,2020

This week students will be introduced to lesson 4 of the “Revolutionary War Unit”. Lesson 4 will be mainly about “Winning Independence”. Students will review that the American Revolution was a time when the British colonists in America rebelled against the rule of Great Britain. There were many battles fought and the colonies gained their freedom and became the independent country of the United States. The American Revolutionary War lasted from 1775 until 1783.and learn that after French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, the Americans had. effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783.