Battles
Turning point in the Revolutionary War
Battle of Saratoga
George Washington's estate
Mount Vernon
Founding father of the United States
George Washington
Enlightenment thinkers who influenced the Constitution
John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Montesquieu
When political tensions between Britain and the US turned deadly
Boston Massacre
Led to peace negotiations that ended the war in 1783
Victory at Yorktown
Where the last major land battle of the American Revolution took place
Yorktown
Sent to Boston as a contingent for the British
Nathanael Greene
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
Regulated colonial trade and manufacturing
Navigation Acts
Followed immediate aftermath of the Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Bunker Hill
Where British major Patrick Ferguson fought against 900 patriots
Kings Mountain
Took over "secretary of war" position
Henry Knox
French, British, and American peace treaty
Treaty of Paris
Government group formed to find solutions but couldn't because of the British
Continental Congress
Opening phase of the American Revolutionary War
The Siege of Boston
Where a very decisive battle of the American Revolution took place
Camden
Fought in the New York and Philadelphia campaigns
Charles Cornwallis
Most fundamental document of the United States
The Declaration of Independence
Placed a tax on stamps that would be used on most paper goods
The Stamp Act
First Battle of the American Revolution
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Worst American defeat of the American Revolution
Charleston
Brigadier general of the United States, friend of George Washington
Horatio Gates
"We the People of the United States"
The Constitution
Townshend Act