Key Figures
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Passed in 1776, this act required colonists to pay tax on printed materials like newspapers and legal documents.
what was the stamp act?
Another name for the Enlightenment Era.
What is the Age of Reason?
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The number of original colonies
What is 13
Who dispatched the British troops to colonies and approved the use of mercenary forces
Who is King George III
In 1773, this event saw colonists dump 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest British taxation.
What was the Boston Tea party
This document established the first U.S government under a critically weak federal government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
George Washington led his men across this river.
What is the Delaware?
This man is on the face of the 50-dollar bill
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
Ratified the Constitution through the Federalist Papers along with John Jay and James Madison
Who is Alexander Hamilton
This 1779 event involved a British soldier firing into a crowd of colonists, killing 5 and heightening the Anti-British sentiment
The ideas of the Enlightenment inspired this document and this war.
What is the Constitution and the French Revolution?
What are the Loyalists?
These people are responsible for dumping tea into the Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773
Who are the Sons of Liberty
Nicknamed "American Hero", and was a liaison between the French and American governments
Who is Marquis de Lafayette, or Lafayette
This war left the British in heavy debt, leading them to tax the colonies to raise revenue and exert tight control.
What was the French and Indian War
A series of rebellions that occurred from 1786 to 1787 in the U.S that proved the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and the need for a new government.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
The battle ended with the surrender of the British army.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The longest battle in the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Monmouth
The commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Who is George Washington
Colonial leaders like John Locke and Thomas Paine were inspired by this movement, emphasizing liberty, individual rights, and self-government
What were enlightment Ideas?
The ideas that were central to the Age of Reason.
What is Social Change, Overcoming Inequalities, and Support for Rationalism?
This treaty officially ended the war.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
The name of Martha Washington's cat
Who is Hamilton