Important People
He is famous for his midnight ride warning Lexington and Concord of incoming red coats
Paul Revere
These set of Acts were enacted as a result of the Boston Tea Party
The Intolerable Acts or The Coercive Acts
This was the first battle of the war
Battle of Lexington and Concord
What British general surrendered at Yorktown
General Cornwallis
A part time army that are ready at a moments notice
The Minutemen
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This resulted in five dead
The Boston Massacre
What was the final battle of the Revolution
Battle of Yorktown
He was the King of England during the War
King George the III
The three Unalienable Rights are
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
Who was second in command to George Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
This act was passed taxing the colonists for anything printed on paper
The Stamp Act
This was the turning point of the War
Battle of Saratoga
Before the revolution Red Coats were allowed to stay in any household in the colonies due to
The Quartering Act
Refusal to buy goods and services
Boycott
He was a Philadelphian who was an ambassador of France
Benjamin Franklin
Colonists dressed up as the Mohawk tribe of Native Americans and dumped tea in the Harbour
The Boston Tea Party
The Continental Army crossed the Delaware river for this major battle
Battle of Trenton
General Howe made camp here for the winter
Philidelphia
This was how the Continental Army fought at the battle of Saratoga
Guerilla Warfare
He is considered the biggest traitor in American History
Benedict Arnold
Proclamation of 1963 prevented...
Colonists from settling on land past the Appalachian Mountains
Though the Continental army lost, it proved they had a fighting chance of winning the war
Battle of Bunker Hill
The group of soldiers that fought alongside the Red Coats
The Hessians
This was signed to end the War
Treaty of Paris (1783)