Military Actions in the Revolutionary War
This style of warfare was new and devastating against the British troops
Guerilla Warfare
This person, at the age of 70, was the oldest person to sign the Declaration
Ben Franklin
This act was passed in 1765 and put a tax on all paper products like books, newspapers, and legal documents
Stamp Act
He was a young, passionate supporter of American independence, eventually becoming George Washington's right hand man
Alexander Hamilton
In September of 1774, elected delegates who would become the First Continental Congress decided to meet in this city
Philadelphia
This movement began in the 1600s and continued all through the 1700s, emphasising reason, logic, and examining everything in order to improve it
The Enlightenment
Name one advantage that the Americans had during the Revolutionary War, and one advantage that the British had
Americans- fighting on home ground, motivation, new tactics
British- Experienced, trained, equipped, had a navy
The Declaration has this many sections
Five
1.Introduction
2.Preamble
3.Body (first section)
4.Body (second section)
5.Conclusion
This act lowered the taxes on sugar, but still outraged the colonists because it also was much more strictly enforced than previous tax laws
Sugar Acts
He joined Washington's army at Valley Forge, and was vital in training the American soldiers in tactics and disipline
Baron von Steuben
Of the 13 colonies, this many of them sent delegates to the First Continental Congress
12
Bonus- which state didn't send a delegate?
This war was fought by England against France, in America and across the world in many of their colonies. It put England in to debt, leading them to raise taxes on their citizens.
French and Indian War
This new type of gun provided the American snipers with much greater accuracy and range than the British troops
Rifles
The Declaration of Independence was published and enacted on this date in 1776
July 4th, 1776
This act was passed in 1773 and had placed a tax on a popular beverage, tea - it angered many colonists and resulted in the outbreak of the Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
They were German mercenaries hired by the British to fight on their behalf
Hessians
The British king and government saw the meeting of the Continental Congress as this
Treason
This physical reality made it very difficult for England's decisions, policies, and proclamations to be reliably and sensibly enforced in the American colonies
The distance/ocean between England and North America
Taking place in Virginia, this was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. General Cornwallis was trapped and under siege, surrounded by American and French troops on land, and the French Navy at sea.
Battle of Yorktown
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
The Sugar Act affected this part of the colonies the most, since large amounts of trading and merchant companies did business with sugar (rum and molasses) in this area
New England
A wealthy merchant from Boston, he was the President of the Continental Congress and the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence
John Hancock
The Second Continental Congress met in the Pennsylvania State House, which is better known today as this Hall
Independence Hall
This person wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, America's first (and to this day, most successful) best seller, which had a profound effect on colonist's desire to become independent from Britain
Thomas Paine
This battle occurred in upstate New York and was a major turning point of the war- it was a victory for Washington and convinced the French to join the fight on the American's side
Battle of Saratoga
Name any three of the people selected as part of the Committee of Five, who wrote the Declaration of Independance
John Adams, Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman
The passage of so many Acts and Taxes upset American colonists, but not to demanding independence immediately. Their first strategy to repeal what they saw as unfair taxes was ______________________
Boycotts and protests
A small number of American Patriots in Massachusetts who strongly opposed British taxes formed this group, and were responsible for the Boston Tea Party, where disguised members dumped tea off ships into the harbor
Sons of Liberty
In response to the passage of the numerous acts, as well as other transgressions against the colonists, the Second Continental Congress made one last attempt at resolving their differences with Great Britain with this petition
Olive Branch Petition
This English philosopher and physician believed that people had natural rights such as equality and liberty. He became a heavy influence on later Enlightenment thinkers, and on American ideas of citizen's rights and the duties of government
John Locke