People
Author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This Act was used to make the Colonists pay taxes on items such as documents, licenses, and newspapers.
The Stamp Act
Voted by the 2nd Continental Congress, the Colonies officially break away from England
Declaration of Independence
Civil Disobedient protest by the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Native Americans and dumped tea into Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
Colonial protest slogan of British Taxation
No Taxation without Representation
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
George Washington
At this meeting the Colonies decide on the Olive Branch Petition, appointing Washington as Head of the Army, and declare independence
2nd Continental Congress
First attempt at peace, sent by the colonists to King George in 1775.
The Olive Branch Petition
Paul Revere creates propaganda to increase colonial opposition to British rule by creating a pamphlet entitled "Bloody Massacre"
Boston Massacre
God given rights that can't be taken away of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness
Unalienable Rights
Leader of the Committees of Correspondence and Sons of Liberty
Samuel Adams
King George III makes an example and punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
These would be widely discussed / argued over for years once we officially end the war. You all have these as American citizens. Some of the founding fathers thought these were not needed at all in the Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
Described by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "...shot heard 'round the world," the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
Lexington and Concord
Free & independent nation
Encouraged the Colonist to break away from England with his pamphlet Common Sense
Thomas Paine
This country controlled everything WEST of the Mississippi once the Treaty of Paris was completed in 1783.
Spain
This was the "contract" after the war between the US & Britain
The Treaty of Paris
The Continental Army was freezing, starving and very sick; Von Steuben trains army here
Valley Forge
This was the big influence for the Founding Father's, especially Thomas Jefferson when writing The Declaration of Independence.
The Enlightenment
He was in France lobbying for them to be an ally with the Colonists before war breaks out.
Ben Franklin
Our countries western most border in 1783.
Mississippi River
"The constitution before the constitution." Created by Ben Franklin during the American Revolution, but failed because state govt was too strong and natl govt too weak
Articles of Confederation
This is where Lord Cornwallis eventually is trapped and has to surrender in 1781.
Yorktown
Committees of Correspondence