People
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
U.S. is victorious in the Revolutionary War when Cornwallis surrenders to Washington at
Yorktown
Stated that all land west of the Appalachian Mountains would be reserved for Native Americans and all colonists must stay east of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
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
Described by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "...shot heard 'round the world," the beginning of the Revolutionary War.
Lexington and Concord
Voted on and signed by the 2nd Continental Congress, the Colonies officially break away from England
Declaration of Independence
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
Franklin convinces France to form an alliance against the British after this turning point battle
Saratoga
Encouraged the Colonies to seek independence from England, by informing Colonies of British injustices
Common Sense
King George III makes an example and punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
mercantilism
Encouraged the Colonist to break away from England with his pamphlet Common Sense
Thomas Paine
The Continental Army was freezing and starving; Lafayette provides clothing and Von Steuben trains army
Valley Forge
U.S. officially becomes an independent country and acquires land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River
Treaty of Paris
At this meeting the Colonies decide on the Olive Branch Petition, appointing Washington as Head of the Army, and declare independence
2nd Continental Congress
This form of a non-violent protest was used in response to the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, and Townshend Acts
Boycotting of British goods
Three American delegates that negotiated the Treaty of Paris of 1783
Ben Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay
Washington and the Continental Army get a much needed win over the Hessians on Christmas night 1776 at ___________.
The Battle of Trenton
This document was a last ditch effort by the Americans at the 2nd Continental Congress to secure peace with Great Britain.
The Olive Branch Petition
At this meeting the Colonies decide to boycott all British goods until repealed and form a militia
1st Continental Congress
Thomas Paine wrote about the "summer soldier and sunshine patriot" to encourage Americans to...
Continue to fight for their independence from Great Britain