Lesson 1: The Revolution Begins
He rode to Lexington to warn people that the British were coming.
Who is Paul Revere?
The three main natural rights highlighted in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
German soldiers who fought on the British side of the Revolutionary War for money.
What are mercenaries?
This famous woman of the American Revolution helped her husband at battle, carried pitchers of water to soldiers, and is said to have even fired a cannon.
Who is Molly Pitcher?
Towards the end of the Revolutionary War, the British decided to focus on this region of the colonies because it had many loyalists.
What are the Southern Colonies?
The battle that was started by the "shot heard around the world" in April 1775.
What is the Battle of Lexington?
An invisible agreement where people give up some of their total freedom to a government in exchange for protection, rules, and a peaceful and fair society.
What is the Social Contract Theory?
People who took advantage of the poor wartime economy to hoard goods and sell them at high prices.
What are profiteers?
In 1776, she wrote a letter to her husband asking him to “remember the ladies” when creating new laws for the new nation.
Who is Abigail Adams?
In this last major battle of the Revolutionary War in 1781, the Patriots and French forces surrounded and blockaded the British, forcing them to surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
In May 1775, they met to prepare for war and created the Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
A government where the ruler has all the power and people have no say.
What is an Absolute Monarchy?
After crossing the Delaware River on a cold winter night, Washington’s army won this battle in New Jersey in 1776.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
Born into slavery, this man became a spy for Marquis de Lafayette and worked undercover as a servant for Charles Cornwallis, helping the Americans during the Siege of Yorktown.
Who is James Armistead?
This treaty ended the American Revolution and required Britain to recognize the independence of the United States.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
A peace attempt to resolve the conflicts between colonies and Great Britain to avoid a formal war, but the king declined it and declared them rebels.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
The author of Common Sense, an essay that argued the British government was unjust and that America’s new government should be based on a social contract.
Who is Thomas Paine?
Often called the turning point of the American Revolution, this battle took place in New York in 1777 and its victory for the Americans helped secure an alliance with France.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Led by Chief Joseph Brant in the New York region, this Native American group mostly sided with the British during the American Revolution.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
This battle in North Carolina was technically a British victory, but they lost so many soldiers that it weakened their army for the rest of the war.
What is the Battle of Guilford Court House?
Volunteers from MA’s militia who were better trained and ready to fight at a minute’s notice.
What are Minutemen?
The first paragraph and inspirational introduction to the Declaration of Independence that sets out its purpose and goals, such as the natural rights that Patriots wanted.
What is the Preamble?
This Patriot leader helped the Americans win the Battle of Saratoga, but later became a traitor by secretly giving information to the British for money.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
This often happened during the Revolutionary War when more money was printed, causing prices to rise and the value of money to drop.
What is inflation?
Nicknamed “The Swamp Fox,” he led a small force of raiders who attacked the British unexpectedly and then retreated into the swamps of South Carolina.
Who is Captain Francis Marion?