Battles and Events
Primary sources
Founding fathers
Warfare
100

March 5th 1770 saw British soldiers fire their weapons in a crowd of angered Boston colonists

Bloody Massacre 

100

Agreement between 13 nations which served as the first form of government 

Articles of Confederation

100

The founding father who drafted the Declaration of Independence  

Thomas Jefferson

100

The weapon used by soldiers during conflict 

Musket

200

Colonists dumped British tea in a harbor in December 1773

Boston Tea Party

200

1776 document which sought to separate from British rule

Declaration of Independence 

200

Father of the constitution

James Madison

200

The __ used linear formation combat during conflict

British

300

Paul Revere warned colonists "The British are coming!" before this battle

Lexington and Concord

300

Following the continental congress, the replacement for the Articles of Confederation

The Constitution

300

Wrote the most federalist papers 

Alexander Hamilton

300

American fighting tactic

guerilla warfare

400

The decisive battle which led to the British surrender 

Battle of Yorktown

400

Document distributed throughout the colonies to try and organize against British oppression

Common Sense

400

Represented America to France and helped get aid

Benjamin Franklin

400

Mercenaries from Germany hired by the British to fight the colonists

Hessians 

500

Harsh Winter encampment where general Washington trained his soldiers, with thousands of casualties but emerging stronger

Valley Forge

500

Treaty signed in 1783 which ended the American Revolution

Treaty of Paris

500

Became the second president 

John Adams

500

Group of soldiers ready to fight at a moments notice

Minutemen