Key People
President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)
George Washington
1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawk Native Americans dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
Stamp Act
The agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States of America was a free and independent country?
Treaty of Paris
Wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.
French and Indian War
Law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies
Sugar Act
Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain and to promote independence
The Frist Continental Congress
American intellectual, inventor, and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.
Benjamin Franklin
Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutriton, Steuben comes and trains troops
Valley Forge
1765 - Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.
Quartering Act
Political authority that directed the struggle for independence beginning in 1775.
Second Continental Congress
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis and his troops were trapped in the Chesapeake Bay by the French fleet. He was sandwiched between the French navy and the American army. He surrendered October 19, 1781.
Battle of Yorktown
1767- Taxes placed on glass, tea, silk, paper, lead that led to frustration within the colonies
Townshend Act
French soldier who joined General Washington's staff and became a general in the Continental Army.
Marquis de Lafayette