People
He helped negotiate an alliance with France
Ben Franklin
The first "battle" of the American Revolution where the "shot heard around the world" was fired
Lexington and Concord
The colonists claimed that British soldiers fired their weapons into a crowd of unarmed colonists
Boston Massacre
The date the Declaration of Independence was signed
July 4, 1176
Colonists who wanted to break away from Britain were called
Patriots
He wrote Common Sense
Thomas Paine
The turning point of the American Revolution
Battle of Saratoga
The Act required colonies to pay a tax on all legal documents, pamphlets, newspapers, etc
Stamp Act
The year of the Battles of Lexington and Concord
1775
Colonists who wanted to remain loyal to Britain were called
Loyalists
He was General of the Continental Army
George Washington
Battle that convinced the French to become America's allies
Battle of Saratoga
This was a series of Act that punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party. The acts closed the harbor and quartered troops in their homes. Collectively, these acts were called the
Intolerable Acts
The year the British surrendered at Yorktown
1781
He created the "Join, or Die" cartoon that was made into flag and used by the Sons of Liberty
Ben Franklin
Patrick Henry
Battle that marked the end of the Revolution when Cornwallis surrendered to Washington
Battle of Yorktown
The Continental Congress sent this peaceful petition to the King of England but he refused to met the colonists demands
Olive Branch Petition
The year the Treaty of Paris was signed
1783
What is the idea that all power rests with the people
popular sovereignty; John Locke's idea; belief of the American colonists
He was the King of England during the American Revolution
King George
Boston Tea Party
This forbid colonists to settle West of the Appalachian Mountains
Land Proclamation of 1763
The American Revolution occurred between this years
1775-1781
Which English philosopher wrote of "Life, Liberty and Property"
John Locke