Documents
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Wrote for the Patriotic cause and women's rights
Who is Abigail Adams
Battles that started the American Revolution
War that led to the start of the American Revolution
What is the French and Indian War?
Written July 4th, 1776
Declaration of Independence
Line of Proclamation
Assisted Thomas Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence
Who are Benjamin Franklin and John Adams
Turning point battle for the Patriots
What is the Battle of Saratoga
Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
What is the Townshend Act
Lexington and Concord
The Treaty of 1783
What is ended the war with Britain, recognized the U.S. as a it’s own country,
Propaganda for the Patriotic Cause and who wrote it
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Outcomes of the Battle of Saratoga
Good outcome for the patriots
Marquis de Lafayette joined the patriots and became an advisor to G.W.
Turning point for the revolution bc the French joined the Patriots
Closed the Boston Harbor in response to the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable acts
Grievances that colonists had against the British
The intolerables acts (closing of the harbor)
Quartering act (housing british soldiers)
Result of Treaty of 1763
Britain was in debt and the colonists were forced to pay taxes
Marquis De Lafayette
joined the patriots and became an advisor to G.W.
General Cornwallis
Who is the British general captured at Yorktown causing the British soldiers to surrender
Example of Civil Disobedience
What is dumping tea into the harbor (Boston Tea party)
Define Mercantilism in your own words
An economic system in which the wealth and power of a nation depends on the nations control over it’s colonies trade
The unalienable rights and why they are important
They are rights that we are born with and cannot be taken away without due process. (Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
The governments main job is to protect these rights, if they don’t the government should be changed or abolished. The core of the government.
Marquis de Lafayette
joined the patriots and became an advisor to G.W.
The battle that ended the American Revolution
What is the battle of Yorktown
What “No taxation without representation” means
Colonists were furious about being taxed with no vote/ say. They believed in the consent of the governed
Conditions for the Patriots at Valley Forge
- Cold Winter
-Ran out of clothes and food
-Little to no shelter