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Grab Bag
100
American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American Independence was won
Patriots
100
Key battle; turned the tide of war in favor of the colonists
Battle of Saratoga
100
Inventor, scientist, diplomat, publisher, and oldest delegate at the Philadelphia Convention
Benjamin Franklin
100
A formal request
Petition
100
Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Indians and threw tea overboard into the harbor
Boston Tea Party
200
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for Independence
Loyalists
200
Last battle and the British surrendered
Battle of Yorktown
200
Revolutionary war general from France who was respected by George Washington
marquis de Lafayette
200
Peace accord between Britain and U.S. ending the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris
200
Refusing to buy goods. Colonists did this to protest the King's taxes.
Boycott
300
Supporter of the Constitution who were in favor of a strong national government
Federalist
300
First battle and the colonists retreated
Battle of Lexington
300
Boston silversmith who rode horseback through the colonies warning that British soldiers were on their way
Paul Revere
300
Legal papers allowing British officers to enter any place and search for goods
Writs of assistance
300
the "father of the Constitution"
James Madison
400
Someone who was against the Constitution and was in favor of strong state governments
Anti-Federalist
400
Second battle and victory for colonists
Battle of Concord
400
Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense which turned many colonists over to the revolutioanry fight
Thomas Paine
400
Anonymously written papers that helped gain support for the ratification of the Constituion
Federalist Papers
400
Fight between colonists and redcoats that ended with the death of 5 colonists.
Boston Massacre
500
Group of people who have similar beliefs about politics and government; help elect candidates to office
Political parties
500
Navy commander during the Revolutionary War who won many sea battles and captured British ships
John Paul Jones
500
Wrote many letters arguing that women should have the same rights as men
Abigail Adams
500
First 10 ammendments of the U.S. constitution that lists many of the rights of all U.S. citizens
Bill of Rights
500
This allowed British soldiers to stay in colonists' homes without paying for food or use of the beds.
Quartering Act