Important People
He was the leader/general of the Continental Army
Who was George Washington?
What is congress?
What part of the government created the Declaration of Independence?
Where the first shot of the war happened
What is Battles of Lexington at Concord?
Formal agreement between two powers to work together toward a common goal
What is alliance?
Primary source that gave us independence
What is the Declaration of Independence?
American colonist and author of Common Sense
Who was Thomas Paine?
What is July 4, 1776
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
Revived the Continental army
What is the battle of Trenton?
Soldier who is paid to fight for a country other than his or her own
What is a mercenary?
Primary source that created a government with enough power to act on a national level
What is the Constitution?
Connecticut officer and American soy who was executed by the British
Who was Nathan Hale?
Why The colonists were opposed of quartering soldiers
What is an invasion of privacy?
When America shocked the world and defeated the British
What is battle of Yorktown?
Armed civilian ship given to its governments permission to attack enemy ships and keeps their goods
What is a privateer?
Primary source that protects our most cherished American freedoms, including freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and dye process of laws
What is the Bill of Rights?
British commander who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown
Who was Charles Cornwallis?
unalienable rights in the declaration
What are rights that can’t be taken away?
This Battle only lasted 15 minutes
What is the battle of Lexington at concord?
Organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products
What is boycott?
Primary source that showed redcoats killing five colonists in a street fight?
What is the portrait of the Boston Massacre?
Massachusetts lawyer and colonial leader; future president
Who was John Adam’s?
The importance of the declaration
What is freedom?
The second battle in the Revolutionary War
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Soldier who could be ready to fight at a minutes notice
What is a minuteman?
The time it took to make the Declaration of Independence
What is 17 days?