Road to Revolution
This 1765 law required colonists to purchase special paper for legal documents and newspapers.
Stamp Act
The “shot heard ’round the world” was fired here in April 1775
Lexington/Concord
The D of I was drafted by a committee of these three founding fathers:
The commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Washington
The French nobleman who became a close aide to George Washington.
Lafayette
The British government’s attempt to stabilize relations with Native Americans after the Seven Years’ War led to this 1763 decree, angering frontier settlers.
Proclamation of 1763
This 1777 American victory convinced France to ally with the colonies.
Saratoga
Scholar who inspired the notion of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
John Locke
This woman famously urged her husband to “remember the ladies.”
Abigail Adams
This treaty officially ended the war in 1783.
Treaty of Paris
This 1774 meeting of colonial delegates was called in response to the Intolerable Acts.
Washington’s surprise attack on Hessian troops after crossing the Delaware River.
Trenton
In Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued that monarchy was corrupt and that independence was necessary to preserve liberty. Which broader intellectual movement influenced his arguments?
The Enlightenment
This delegate to the Continental Congress was a seasoned and skilled diplomat who helped negotiate the alliance with France.
Ben Franklin
The Prussian military officer who trained the Continental Army at Valley Forge.
Baron Von Steuben
“Government dissolutions, military occupation, and deprivation of trial by jury—these are acts of tyranny.” Which law is this quote referencing
— Colonial Broadside, 1774.
Intolerable Act
The Southern campaign (1778–1781) demonstrated the weakness of Britain’s assumption that:
There was widespread Loyalist support in the South — instead, guerrilla warfare and local resistance undercut their strategy.
Explain three reasons against Independence as the delegates met in the Continental Congress:
-- Some colonies were further removed
-- Some felt a sense of loyalty to England
-- Feared military might of the British Empire
-- Some colonists were pacifists
He is widely regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, making him the first casualty of the American Revolution. He was of African and Native American descent, and his death became a powerful symbol for colonial resistance against the British.
Crispus Attucks
“Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil.” —
Which document was this quote found in?
Common Sense, Thomas Paine
What was the concept of virtual representation?
Parliament's response to "no taxation without representation". It stated that the Parliament represents all of its subjects regardless of where they live.
How did Washington’s military leadership style differ from that of traditional European commanders, and why was it effective?
He favored attrition and strategic retreats to preserve his army, recognizing that survival, not conquest, was the key to victory.
How did the ideas of republican motherhood reinterpret Revolutionary principles for women’s roles in society?
It maintained women’s domestic sphere but emphasized their civic duty to raise virtuous citizens.
Historians note that John Adams “feared democracy as much as monarchy.”
How did Adams’ political philosophy reflect tensions within Revolutionary thought?
Adams supported independence but also advocated checks on popular power, reflecting anxieties about mob rule and the need for balanced government within a republic.
How did the American Revolution influence other movements globally? Explain.
It inspired Atlantic revolutions, notably in France, Haiti, and Latin America, by demonstrating that colonial rebellion could achieve independence.