Significant People
Who was the US’s first president?
George Washington
this British act demanded the colonies accept all british taxes without question
Declaratory Act
“Join or die” - Who coined the phrase?
Ben Franklin
What is Republican Motherhood?
The ideal that encouraged women to stay at home to educate their children as their duty to the country.
what was the name of the treaty signed that ended the American Revolution?
- treaty of Paris
Who wrote the famous pamphlet, Common Sense?
Thomas Pane
the American victory in the Revolutionary War led the colonies to gain French aid.
Battle of Saratoga
"Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could."
Abigail Adams
what are the red coats?
The nick name of british troops during the revolutionary war
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The first armed engagement between the British and colonists
Who wrote “Remember the Ladies?)
Abigail Adams
What group primarily pushed the term “Massacre” for the Boston shootings of 1770?
Sons of Liberty/Daughter
“our souls by nature are equal to yours”-
Judith Sargent Murray
Who is benedict arnold?
the general who betrayed the patriots and defected to the British
What are the Whigs?
Nickname of the colonial Patriots
Who helped standardize American English in the first history book on the American Revolution?)
Mercy Otis Warren
- this uprising displayed the weakness of the federal government under the AOC and led to a call for a stronger central goverment.-
shays rebellion
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. “
Thomas Pane
what is the Albany Plan of Union (1754)?
Benjamin Franklin’s unsuccessful plan to unite colonies for the French-Indian War
What is the East Indian Company?
The company that the tax on tea was meant to aid financially
Who was a prominent anti-slavery advocate from 1750-1770?)
James Forten
What British act included a quartering act?
Townshend Act
Is resistance to the king justified if the republic is threatened?”
Samuel Adams
What are the Hessians?
the name of the mercenary group that made up a lot of British forces during the revolution.
The name of the financial crisis that occurred in 1740 Massachusetts that resulted as a lack of real currency
“Land Bank” Crisis of 1740