Important People
A patriot who helped warn colonists about British movements "The British are coming." produced an engraving of the Boston Massacre.
Paul Revere
French noble who served under George Washington in the American Revolution (1757-1834)
Marquis de Lafeyette
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created ________
equal
"Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes."
William Prescott
American colonial militia members ready to fight at a minute's notice
Minutemen
Commander of the Continental Army
George Washington
Known as father of American Calvary. Killed in battle.
Casimir Pulaski
they are endowed by their creator
with certain unalienable _______
rights
"Give me liberty or give me death"
Patrick Henry
governing body of the colonies during the Revolutionary War
Continental Congress
Led capture of Fort Ticonderoga with assistance from the Green Mountain Boys.
Ethan Allen
Captured fort Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and Vincennes
George Rogers Clark
that among these are _____,
_________, and the pursuit of _________
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
"These are the times that try men's souls."
Thomas Paine
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
Patriots
Wrote Common Sense and The American Crisis
Thomas Paine
She urged her husband to remember America's women in the new government he was helping to create.
Abigail Adams
That to secure these
_______, governments are instituted among _____,
rights, men
"We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
Benjamin Franklin
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and the King
Loyalists
took her husband's place at a cannon when he was wounded at the Battle of Monmouth. She got the nickname Molly Pitcher because is known for carrying pitchers of water to the soldiers.
Molly Ludwig Hayes (Molly Pitcher)
American General who was labeled a traitor when he assisted the British in a failed attempt to take the American fort at West Point.
Benedict Arnold
deriving their
just __________ from the consent of the _________."
power, governed
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
Nathan Hale
Commanding general of the British forces, surrendered at Yorktown.
Charles Cornwallis