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a gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about relationships between Great Britain and American colonies they claimed.
First Continental Congress:
this force which would soon include soldiers from all colonies and would carry out the fight against Britain
Continental Army:
formally announced the colonies break from Great Britain
The declaration of Independence
the turning point of the Revolutionary War. It was the greatest victory yet for the American forces.
The Battle of Saratoga
a man who volunteered to lead the western campaign
George Rodgers Clark
are colonists who chose to fight for independience from Great Britain
Patriots
A virginian man who was named to command the army by Congress
George Washington:
Colonists who chose to side with the British who were also called Tories
Loyalists:
A young wealthy Frenchman, who brought his own ship and arrived in the Americas in 1777
Marquis de Lafeyette :
the man who organized Marion's brigade, which included all guerilla soldiers.
Francis Marion:
the local militia who got their name because tey were ready to fight in a minute's notice.
minutemen:
A famous conflict/battle that was lauched from Breed's Hill , and while the colonists lost, the British suffered 2 times as many soldiers as the colonists
Battle of Bunker Hill:
The main author of the Decalration of Independance, argued that all people possesss unaliable rights, including the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Thomas Jefferson:
an experienced military officer from Prussia, who led with a combination of respect and fear.
Baron Friedich von Steuben
led the French American force and they seized control of the Chesapeke Bay.
Comte de Rochambeau
The colonists name for the British soldiers because of their bright red jackets
Redcoats:
was a 47 page pamphlet (the author was Thomas Paine) that was distributed in Philadelphia in January 1776
Common Sense
are foreign soldiers who fight not out of loyalty but for pay
mercenaries
the governor of Spanish Louisianna and he siezed British posts all the way to Pensicola Florida
Bernando de Galvez
was the last major battle of the American Revolution
The battle of Yorktown
is a second group of delegates from the colonies.
The Second continental congress
argued that citizens, not kings and queens, sould make the laws.
Thomas Paine
an inportant battle of the colonists who won and the Americans took more than 900 soldiers
Battle of Trenton:
once considered an outlaw, he was a naval hero who fought battles on ships in the sea
John Paul Jones:
a document that Britain recognized the independance of the United States and set America's borders
The Treaty of Paris of 1783: