Causes
What is "taxation without representation?"
The first outline for the United States federal government, failed because it was too weak
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The group of dudes who led the revolution and built the framework of the United States government
Who are the Founding Fathers?
The first major conflict between colonial & British forces - the location of the "shot heard 'round the world"
What is Lexington & Concord?
The war before the American Revolution, which put Britain in extreme debt - part of the Seven Years War
What is the French & Indian War?
What is the Stamp Act?
The document that stated the colonies were free from British rule, often called the "break-up letter"
What is the Declaration of Independence?
General of the colonial army and first president of the USA
Who is George Washington?
The final major land battle of the revolution, a siege that turned the tides of the war
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The group of delegates gathered to approve the Declaration of Independence and adopt the Articles of Confederation
What is the Second Continental Congress?
Murder of 5 colonial protesters by British soldiers
What is the Boston Massacre?
The list of amendments added onto the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
French dude who commanded armies and negotiated with France for aid
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
Major American victory which secured French support
A series of 85 essays written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison in defense of the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
Protest where men dressed as Native Americans threw tea off of ships into the harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to justify the American Revolution to the people of the colonies
Founding father who drafted the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Camp that General Washington kept his soldiers at over the winter to plan for a surprise attack, leading to many dying of cold/starvation or defecting
What is Valley Forge?
The first non-violent change of power, considered by some to be the "end" of the American Revolution
What is the Election of 1800?
Series of laws passed in retaliation to the Boston Tea Party?
What are the Intolerable Acts?
A letter written by the First Continental Congress asking King George to repeal the Intolerable Ccts
What is the Petition to the King?
Founding father who signed his name the largest on the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Hancock?
Surprise attack on the British in which Washington and his soldiers crossed the Delaware, key colonial victory
What is the Battle of Trenton?
The statement issued by George Washington when he resigned from his position as President
What is Washington's Farewell Address?