Memorize DoI
When in the Course of ______ events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of ______ and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the ________.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
This event involved Patriots raiding a British ship and throwing all the tea overboard
Boston Tea Party
George Washington crossed this river on Christmas day to attack Trenton.
Delaware River
Leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
Militia men trained to be available at short notice
Minute Men
We hold these ______ to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are ____, ______and the pursuit of ________.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
This law placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.
Stamp Act
The British surrender after this battle was effectively the end of the war.
Battle of Yorktown
Main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
These were German soldiers that were hired by the British to fight during the American Revolution.
That to secure these rights, __________ are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
5 men killed during this event in Boston. Resulted in a Patriot lawyer defending British soldiers. (Bonus points if you can also name the lawyer)
Boston Massacre
Battle of Bunker Hill took place here.
Breed's Hill, Massachusetts
Major General of the British Army
William Howe
Alerted the American colonial militia before the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Paul Revere and William Dawes
That whenever any Form of Government becomes _________ of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their _______ and _______.
That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
This series of acts placed taxes on tea, lead, paint, paper, and glass imported to the colonies. The acts were resisted through violence, deliberate refusal to pay, and hostility toward British agents.
Townshend Acts
Took his soldiers through the wilderness of Maine to fight in the Battle of Quebec
Became the first Vice President of the United States.
John Adams
Henry Knox retrieved cannons from this fort
Fort Ticonderoga
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for ____ and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
As punishment for the colonists’ resistance, the British Parliament enacted four measures, including the Quartering Act. These were called the _____ acts by the Americans.
Intolerable (or Coercive)
After this key battle, the French agreed to become an ally to the colonists.
Saratoga
Trained the soldiers at Valley Forge. Credited with turning the Americans from Farmy to Army.
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Treaty that ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris 1783