A Blast From The Past OLPR

Dates

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December 16th 1773

Boston tea party

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March 5 1770

Boston Massacre

400

September 5th 1774

First continental congress

500

March 22nd 1765

Stamp act

600

March 23rd 1775

Patrick Henry "Give me liberty or give me death"

Important battles

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Marked the start of the American war of independence

Lexington and concord

300

Last major Battle of the American Revolution and the start of a new nation

Battle of yorktown

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Hessian army was defeated by George Washington raid across the Delaware river

The battle of Trenton

500

This battle sets the scene for an American military resurgence. With the loss of his western flank force, Cornwallis falls back into South Carolina, delaying his planned invasion of North Carolina.

The Battle of Kings Mountain

600

General Johnny Burgoyne, a British general close to General Howe, set out to isolate New England from the rest of the colonies by leading an army down a route of lakes where he would meet up with Howe’s troops. Howe had to lug a profusion of things while taking 3,000 mercenaries, 4,000 redcoats, and 1,000 Mohawk to the meeting place. There, Burgoyne found out that Howe would never come and was surrendered by Horatio Gates’ army. Then, Burgoyne had to surrender his battered army to Gates

Battle for Saratoga

Important people

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Ruled over Britain for 59 years  

King George

300

"The British are coming! The British are coming!"

Paul Revere

400

Most infamous traitor in US history

Benedict Arnold

500

Writer of the pamphlet Common Sense

Thomas Paine

600

Commanded patriot forces at bunker hill

William Prescott

General stuff

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These colonists stayed true to their King

Loyalists

300

The Battle of Bunker Hill actually took place here

Breed's Hill

400

King George III closed off this water way as a means of punishment to the colonists

Boston Harbor

500

The name of the governing body of Great Britain

Parliament

600

What are all of the Colonies

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

Other

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In 1774, representatives from every colony except Georgia met at this gathering in Philadelphia.

First Continental Congress.

300

These are small groups of men who were trained to go into battle

militias

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This group organized by John Adams led protests against the new taxes

the Sons of Liberty

500

This flamboyant man was the first signer of the Declaration of Independence

John Hancock

600

The individuals who wrote the Declaration of Independence were called this

The Framers