Major Battles
Fought in April 1775, these first military clashes of the war are known for the "shot heard 'round the world".
What are Lexington and Concord?
This 1773 protest involved dumping 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
He was named commander-in-chief of the Continental Army by the Continental Congress.
Who is George Washington?
Adopted on July 4, 1776, this document announced the colonies' split from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
She told her husband John to "Remember the Ladies" in the new code of laws.
Who is Abigail Adams?
Washington led a surprise Christmas night crossing of this river in 1776 to attack Hessian forces in Trenton.
What is the Delaware River?
Parliament passed this 1765 act requiring colonists to pay a tax on paper goods like legal documents and newspapers.
What is the Stamp Act?
He drafted the main text of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
this 1783 agreement officially ended the war and recognized American independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
She wrote a famous multi-volume history of the American Revolution and anti-British plays.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
his 1777 American victory marked the turning point of the war and convinced France to openly ally with the patriots.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This phrase summarizes the colonists' anger over being taxed by a Parliament where they had no voice.
What is "No taxation without representation"?
This radical writer published the influential pamphlet Common Sense in early 1776.
Who is Thomas Paine?
America's first working constitution during the war featured a weak central government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This former slave published a book of poetry in 1773 praising George Washington.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
British General Cornwallis surrendered his army at this 1781 Virginia battle, effectively ending the fighting.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Passed to punish Massachusetts after the tea party, the British called them the Coercive Acts, but the colonists knew them by this name.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This wealthy Boston merchant and first signer of the Declaration of Independence wrote his name extra large.
Who is John Hancock?
This opening section of the Declaration of Independence explains why the colonists have a right to form a new government.
What is the Preamble?
She led the Ladies Association of Philadelphia to raise funds and sew shirts for Continental Army soldiers.
Who is Esther DeBerdt Reed?
the battle that proves the intentions of the colonists
what is the battle of Bunker Hill
3 acts that made the colonist start to rebel
What are the stamp, Sugar,Townshend acts ?
they were the sons of liberty
who are Samuel Adams and John Adams
the first 10 amendments
what are the bill of rights ?
She took her wounded husband's place at a cannon at Fort Washington and later became the first woman to receive a U.S. military pension.
Who is Margaret Cochran Corbin?