Founding Fathers
The founding father that documented the bulk of the declaration of independence
Thomas Jefferson
This event that escalated into British soldiers shooting colonists is a major cause of the war
The Boston Massacre
The "shot heard around the world" that started the American Revolution
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The formal list of reasons why the Americans wanted independence from Great Britain
The Declaration of Independence.
"Daughters of liberty" who made their own clothing
Patriots
The founding father best known for his signature
John Hancock
An act that required colonists to house, transport, and feed British soliders
The Quartering Act
Though the British won this Massachusetts battle, the suffered heavy losses, and Americans were able to start strategizing
The Battle of Bunker Hill
The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having, in direct object, the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let facts be submitted to a candid world.
Complaints about King George
The governor of Massachusetts who benefitted from British power
Thomas Hutchinson
The leader of the continental army
George Washington
An act that required colonists to pay a hefty fine on all pieces of paper that were official documents
The Stamp Act
The turning point of the war, Patriots were so successful that France decided to join in
Battle of Saratoga
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.
The colonies have been violated and have a duty to become independent
Organizer of the Boston Tea Party
Samuel Adams
The author of "Common Sense"
Thomas Paine
This war that Britain fought and won against Native Americans and their French trading allies led to higher taxes on all imported goods for the colonies
The French and Indian War
With the help of the French, the Americans make Cornwallis and his huge army surrender, ultimately ending the war
Siege of Yorktown
"(We) solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved"
The United States formally stating that they would cut ties with Great Britain
Woman who wrote plays about independence and advised patriot men
Mercy Otis Whitman
The founding father who negotiated frequently with parliament, also known as an inventor
Benjamin Franklin
Led by Samuel Adams, this protest had Patriots dump tea into the Boston Harbor in defiance of high British taxes
Boston Tea Party
Defeating German mercenaries who were celebrating Christmas lead to this immense victory for the colonists
Battle of Trenton
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
These are the unalienable rights we have as people
The leader of colonial Virginia who's extreme actions pushed more colonists from neutral to patriot side
Lord Dunmore