We Got Beef!
First battles of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
Group of people who wanted freedom from Great Britain?
Patriots
That the government must follow laws and not have unlimited power, even the king should have limits.
Rule of law
Paul Revere
Leader of the Continential Army who became the first president
George Washington
Event where the colonists dressed as natives and dumped tea into the harbor
Boston Tea Party
The man who helped secure the help of the French
Benjamin Franklin
Document that established the United States as independent from Great Britain
The Declaration of Independence
Treaty that ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris
King of England during the revolution, who initially refused to acknowledge American independence
King George III
The final battle for Independence?
Battle of Yorktown
President of the Second Continential Congress
John Hancock
What happened at the Second Continential Congrees
Decleration of Independence was written
Intended audience for Decleration of Independence
King George III
British General who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown
General George Cornwallis
Battles that proved to the colonists that war with Britain was inevitable (unavoidable)
Lexington and Concor
Loyalists
Name of the pamphlet that convinced the colonists to fight for Independence
Common Sense
The War that indirectly led to the American Revolution
French and Indian War
Helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris before later becoming the 2nd president
John Adams
Boosted colonists morale and proved to British that the war was not going to be easy.
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Series of laws passed by the British in response to the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable acts
American general turned traitor, whose betrayal became a symbol of treason
Benedict Arnold