Coat Hook Dates
Columbus "discovers" America
1492
Mixed-race dock workers who was killed in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks.
A mocking figure representing an unpopular political leader.
Effigy
Why was the winter at Valley Forge a turning point for the Continental Army?
Wasington could keep the whole army together despite terrible conditions and Von Steuben was able to turn the mottly army into an organized fighting force.
How did the fight for American independence impact the role of women in the 13 Colonies?
Women began to create fabrics, make ammunition, and write to defend the Patriots. their role in life expanded.
Protestant Reformation
1517
Fiery Virginia delegate who said, "Give me liberty or give me death."
Patrick Henry
Information designed to influence political opinion
Propoganda
How many battles was the Battle of Saratoga and what were their names?
2
Battle of Freedman's Farm
Battle of Bemis Heights
What were the consequences to other nations of the American colonists writing the Declaration of Independence and throwing off the tyrannical chains of English rule?
The French poor started the French Revolution and enslaved people in Haiti started the Haitian Revolution.
First enslaved people arrive in America.
1619
Rode with Paul Revere to warn minute-men of the approaching Redcoats at Lexington and Concord
William Dawes
Document sent to King George III giving British a last chance to avoid war.
Olive Branch Petition
Describe the Who, What, Why, Where, How of the Boston Tea Party
Angered Bostonians, dressed as Indigenous people, stormed onto a British Tea vessel in The Boston Harbor and dumped barrels of British tea overboard to protest the hated intolerable Tea Tax imposed by the British.
What did Samuel Adams prove about propaganda as he wrote scathing articles in the newspapers against England?
Propaganda CAN change peoples mind and convince them to take action agains others.
Jamestown Founded
1607
Last Monarch to hold power over the British colonies of North America. "The Mad King."
King George III
to Vote approval of
Ratify
List Thomas Jeffersons jobs (3)
Writer - wrote Dec. of Ind
Farmer - Planter from Virginia
President - 3rd President of US
How did the Patriots win the American Revolution if there was fewer troops, less organization, and far less ammunition
winning the war not individual battles, determination and spirit as well as enlisting international help and learning the American terrain. THey had the homefield advantage.
Revolutionary War
1775-1783
Polish Volunteer to the Patriot cause and won rank of General
Casimir Pulaski
Official peace treaty that would end the Revolutionary War
Treaty of Paris
List all the allies of the Patriots in the Revolutionary War.
Spanish
French
Dutch
Certain Native American Tribes
What were the consequences/impacts of the slave trade at the First Continental Congress?
The southern states did not agree to unify with the north and Georgia did not attend because the slavery was the backbone of the southern economy.