Years
Saratoga
1777
Author of Common Sense
Thomas Paine
author of History of Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies
John Dickinson
where the British surrendered to end the war
Yorktown
proposed the resolution for independence
Richard Henry Lee
Proclamation Line
1763
preacher of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Jonathan Edwards
missionary to the Indians
David Brainerd
Washington and troops camped here in the winter of 1777-1778
Valley Forge
the European country that became the American's best ally in the war
France
First Continental Congress
1774
Female African-American poet
Phillis Wheatley
superintendent of finance for the Continental Congress
Robert Morris
the Battle that was the turning point of the war
Saratoga
people who opposed independence
loyalists or tories
Declaration of Independence
1776
English Evangelist
George Whitefield
General who won the battle of Oriskany
Nicholas Herkimer
where Washington captured nearly 1000 troops on Christmas day in 1776
Trenton
what the Europeans called the French and Indian War
the Seven Years War
Stamp Act Congress
1765
author of Commentaries on the Laws of England
William Blackstone
Patriot who was hanged for spying
Nathan Hale
where the "shot heard 'round the world" was fired
Lexington
1754 plan by Ben Franklin to unify the colonies
Albany Plan