8th Grade U.S. History: American Revolution

Rev War A

100

Primary author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

200

Commander in Chief of the Continental Army

George Washington

300

Leader of the Committees of Correspondence and Sons of Liberty

Samuel Adams

400

Encouraged the Colonist to break away from England with his pamphlet Common Sense

Thomas Paine

500

Creator of Albany Plan of Union (Join or Die) and the Articles of Confederation

Ben Franklin

600

The Intolerable Act was created after this incident to punish the Colonists

Boston Tea Party

Rev War B

100

U.S. is victorious in the Revolutionary War when Cornwallis surrenders to Washington

Yorktown

200

Described by Ralph Waldo Emerson as "...shot heard 'round the world," the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Lexington and Concord

300

Franklin convinces France to form an alliance against the British after this turning point battle

Saratoga

400

The Continental Army was freezing and starving; Lafayette provides clothing and Von Steuben trains army

Valley Forge

500

What is one advantage of each side fighting in the Revolutionary War

Colonists: Fighting for Freedom, Know the land, hunters

British: well trained, larger numbers, uniformed

600

Nickname for both the British soldiers and the Colonial militia soldiers

The British are Redcoats

The Colonial Militia are Minutemen

Rev War C

100

Voted by the 2nd Continental Congress, the Colonies officially break away from England

Declaration of Independence

200

Encouraged the Colonies to seek independence from England, by informing Colonies of British injustices

Common Sense

300

U.S. officially becomes an independent country and acquires land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River

Treaty of Paris

400

Franklin's plan to unite the Colonies during the French and Indian War but was rejected and later adopted for the American Revolution (Join or Die)

Albany Plan of Union

500

Colonist known for warning the others that the "British are coming"

Paul Revere

600

This gave the British the right to search colonial property without a warrant

Writs of Assistance

Rev War D

100

Civil Disobedient protest by the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Native Americans and dumped tea into Boston Harbor

Boston Tea Party

200

Paul Revere creates propaganda to increase colonial opposition to British rule by creating a pamphlet entitled "Bloody Massacre"

Boston Massacre

300

King George III makes an example and punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts

400

At this meeting the Colonies decide on the Olive Branch Petition, appointing Washington as Head of the Army, and declare independence

2nd Continental Congress

500

Women who would come together and learn to sew, cook, and grow, to help with the Boycott of British goods

Daughters of Liberty

600

This Act enforced by the British forced colonists to house, feed, pay, and supply the British soldiers

Quartering Act

Rev War E

100

Colonial protest slogan of British Taxation

No Taxation without Representation

200

God given rights that can't be taken away of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

Unalienable Rights

300

British economic policy in which the colonies are an economic resource for the mother country

mercantilism

400

Something used to influence or persuade others, often an exaggeration of actual happenings. 

Propaganda

500

Group used by Samuel Adams to spread news about the British throughout the colonies of what happened in Boston

Committees of Correspondence

600

To avoid using or purchasing something for political gain

Boycott