Vocabulary
People
Declaration of Independence
Key Events
Results
100
refuse to buy goods or services from a person, group, or country
boycott
100
Took her husband's place at cannon
Molly Pitcher
100
wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
100
Date Cornwallis surrendered
Octover 17, 1781
100
British victories here were costly
south
200
Charging high prices from hoarded goods
profiteering
200
The president of the Second Continental Congress
John Hancock
200
date the Declaration was finalized
July 4, 1776
200
this battle showed the colonists that they could win the war
Bunker Hill
200
French warships off the Atlantic coast set up a _________ after the British were waiting for supplies
blockade
300
official announcement that gave all land west of the Appalachians to Native Americans
Proclamation of 1763
300
Helped the American army fight together instead of separately
Baron Friedrich von Steuben
300
date it was finalized is now called this
Independence Day
300
convinced the French that the colonists could win the war
Saratoga
300
this ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris 1783
400
soldier from another country
mercenary
400
wrote The Crisis
Thomas Paine
400
came after this peaceful letter to King George
Olive Branch Petition
400
event that killed 5 colonists
Boston Massacre
400
many loyalists moved here, which was still a British colono
Canada
500
colonial force
Continental army
500
spy for Layfayette
James Armistead
500
this many delegates signed in all
56
500
event that made way for the American Revolution
French and Indian War
500
the American government needed the support of _______, so slavery continued
Southern plantation owners
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