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Someone who travels to other countries to represent the United States.
Diplomat
Who was the Diplomat who negotiated the treaty with Great Britain in 1783?
Benjamin Franklin
Name 3 things Benjamin Franklin was famous for.
Oldest member of the Constitutional Congress; First postmaster General; Writer of Poor Richard's Almanac; Started first free libraries
Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor
Boston Tea Party
What is the meaning of Inalienable?
Unable to be taken away!
Name 5 of the original colonies
Virginia, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, N. Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Carolina, Pennsylvania, Georgia
Where the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were both signed?
Independence Hall, Philadelphia
Meeting in 1787 of the elected representatives of the thirteen original states to write the Constitution of the United States.
Constitutional Convention
Last major battle of the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis and his troops were trapped on a peninsula in the Chesapeake Bay by the French fleet. He was sandwiched between the French navy and the American army. He surrendered October 19, 1781 while the British Army band played the song "The World Turned Upside Down".
Battle of Yorktown, Virginia
Treaty which ended the American Revolutionary War. The United States won its independence from Great Britain and gained control of land stretching to the Mississippi River.
1783 Treaty of Paris
The war in which American
colonists fought for independence from Great Britain.
American Revolutionary War
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The 3 Unalienable Rights that were listed in the Declaration that all humans receive from birth
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
The right of people to rule themselves independently
Self-Government
July 4, 1776 is celebrated annually as what?
Independence Day
What was Great Britain's reaction to the colonies protesting against taxes without representation?
Made colonists pay more taxes; and made the colonial congress illegal
Commander General of the Colonial Army
George Washington
What was the purpose of the American Revolutionary War?
Colonists declared their independence from Great Britain
What happened in 1775, in Massachusetts?
First battle of the Revolutionary War with the British, the Battle of Lexington and Concord
This document announced our independence from Great Britain, in 1776
Declaration of Independence
1n the 1760's, Great Britain was at war in Europe and North America, and needed help paying for the war. What did they impose on the 13 colonies?
Passed laws that increased taxes on the 13 colonies
When was the Revolutionary War fought?
1775-1783
Colonists went to war with England. They thought it was unfair to be taxed by a government that they didn't have a voice in. What is that called?
Taxation without Representation
A legislative branch that made laws for each colony
Colonial Congress
Great Britain allowed the colonies to have Colonial Congress in each colony, as long as they did what?
Paid takes to Great Britain; obeyed all British laws; provided Great Britain with materials: cotton, tobacco, rice.