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This was a protest against the tea tax in a harbor.
Boston Tea Party
This document stated that the 13 Colonies were no longer a part of Britain.
Declaration of Independence
He gave the famous "liberty or death" speech in Richmond.
Patrick Henry
This was the first battle of the American Revolution.
Lexington
He rode his horse at night to warn John Hancock and Samuel Adams.
Paul Revere
He was the commander of the Continental Army.
George Washington
“…remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors.”
Abigail Adams
This battle began at a bridge north of town and was won by the Minutemen.
Concord
He wrote his name big enough on the Declaration so that King George could see it without his glasses.
John Hancock
He was a slave from Virginia who worked as a spy for General Lafayette and was later granted his freedom.
James Lafayette
This was the city where the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Philadelphia
Surrounded by the Americans and French, Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington.
Yorktown
Five colonists were killed by Redcoats during a riot.
Boston Massacre
Representatives from the 13 Colonies met to discuss problems with England.
Continental Congress
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
He said that “these united colonies are, and of a right ought to be, free and independent states.”
Richard Henry Lee
This was a law that said a blue mark was needed on important papers.
Stamp Act
This means having to pay taxes without a say.
Taxation without Representation
He was the lawyer of the Redcoats accused of murder.
John Adams
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
Benjamin Franklin
“I have not yet begun to fight!”
John Paul Jones
He was the British general who surrendered to George Washington at Yorktown.
Lord Cornwallis
This agreement between the United States and Britain officially ended the American Revolution.
Treaty of Paris
The Continental Army camped here while the British were comfortable in Philadelphia.
Valley Forge
He was the Virginian who captured the British fort at Vincennes in modern-day Indiana.
George Rogers Clark
He had the gunpowder from Williamsburg's magazine removed.
Governor Dunmore
He was the Virginia captain who rode his horse overnight to warn Governor Jefferson about the approaching Redcoats.
Jack Jouett
He was a Woodstock minister who gave a sermon supporting the Revolution.
Peter Muhlenberg
The Continental Army led by George Washington crossed the Delaware River into New Jersey and surprised the Hessian soldiers.
Trenton
This German soldier trained the Continental Army to be a strong fighting unit at Valley Forge.
Friedrich von Steuben