Important People
He was chosen to lead the continental army and he was the first American President.
Who was George Washington?
These were the first two battles of the American Revolution when King George III said the colonies would not become independent without a fight.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This is the signing of a document to show that Great Britain had no other choice and finally recognized American independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
Someone who wants their own freedom and their own country; believes in liberty.
What is a patriot/ patriotism?
A lawyer and a patriot during the Stamp Act era. He later became the second president of the U.S.
Who is John Adams?
He was chosen to write the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This war was between the French/ Indians and the Brithish/ Indians.
What is the French and Indian War?
This law was passed by King George III to avoid conflict over land and refused colonists from settling there.
What is The Proclamation of 1763?
The political group or assembly that has power to make laws for a country; A body of representatives.
What is a parliament?
Former Continental Army officer and traitor who turned against the Americans.
Who is Benedict Arnold?
He was a patriotic leader who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
This is when the soldiers used Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill as a hiding location spots for defeat.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This document was intended for King George III to claim freedom for the French colonists so they could serve under a democracy; America is their own free country and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Cruel and unreasonable rules.
What is tyranny?
This individual wrote a pamphlet titled Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This leader was an inventor and a scientist. He went to France to ask them for help. He also created the U.S. Postal Service and helped create the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
The turning point in the Revolutionary War, when the Americans started to take the lead with the help of the terrain being thick and rugged.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This was the event in which many Patriots boarded a British ship and through all the products overboard to keep from paying high tariffs.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
A person who is a member of a colony and migrates to as well as settles in a foreign area.
Who is a colonist?
A silversmith, engraver, and patriot who participated in the Boston Tea Party.
Who is Paul Revere?
He was a British king who lost the American colonies.
Who was King George III?
The final battle of the War --the land and the sea helped Americans and French trap and conquer the British; therefore General Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This was the event when Americans threw stones at the British and they fired into the crowd, killing innocent civilians.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This word means independence and freedom.
What is liberty?
These untrained men were Massachusetts patriots who said they could be ready at a minute's notice.
Who are the Minutemen?