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This Founding Father was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This was the Treaty that ended the French and Indian War.
What was the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
This was the Battle that holds the famous catchphrase: "The World Turned Upside Down" and many consider it the final major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This was the name of the documents pertaining America's original government structure after gaining independence from Britain.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
This was the incident where Colonists, protesting against the British Tea Act, dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
He wrote Common Sense, which used Enlightenment principles to convince many Colonists towards the Patriotic Revolutionary cause against the British.
Who was Thomas Paine?
This American victory is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary war because it convinced France to join the American cause.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This was the name of the document pertaining to America's new, revised government structure.
What was the Constitution?
During major protests against British policy of Virtual Representation, this man famously rallied American colonists with the phrase, "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
He was one of the Federalists who wrote the Federalist Papers to convince Non-Federalists to support the ratification of the Articles of Confederation who later became a Chief Justice.
Who was John Jay?
This is the larger global war that the French and Indian War was a part of.
What was the Seven Years War?
This U.S. document, adopted on July 4, 1776, formally declared the American colonies independent from Britain.
This was the name of the party supporting strengthening America's central, federal government.
What were the Federalists?
This was the first direct tax on the colonists placed by the British.
What was the Stamp Act?
This diplomat was a major figure in the Albany Congress during the French and Indian War and promoted the Albany Plan to unite the colonies.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This was the territory majorly disputed between British and French that led to the French and Indian War.
What was the Ohio River Valley Territory?
This brutal winter encampment tested the Continental Army’s endurance as an inexperienced army. They trained to becomes stronger and often starved during this period.
This was the name of the ORIGINAL party (Before Election of 1800) that supported states rights over increasing the power of federal government because it reminded them too much of the tyranny of British monarchy.
What were the Anti-Federalists?
He led the Sons of Liberty against the Stamp Act.
Who was Samuel Adams?
He was a famous Patriot commander turned traitor during the Revolutionary War.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
This British Prime Minister’s leadership and funding helped turn the tide of the French and Indian War in Britain’s favor with new tactics.
Who was William Pitt/
This Continental Congress in the Revolutionary War period drafted the Olive Branch Petition as a last ditch attempt to reconcile with Britain.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
This was the name of the Rebellion that the US was able to effectively shut down thanks to the Constitution.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
This was a tax on imports like glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts?