Founding Documents
This document, written in 1776, officially declared the colonies’ independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1775 battle began the American Revolution—“the shot heard ‘round the world.”
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
He led the Continental Army during the American Revolution as commander in chief
Who is George Washington?
This group of colonists supported independence from Britain.
What are Patriots?
In this year, the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
He wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This battle in 1777 convinced France to support the Americans.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
He famously rode to warn that “the British are coming!”
Who is Paul Revere?
This group stayed loyal to Britain during the war.
Who are the Loyalists?
He was a diplomat who helped convince France to support the Americans and wrote the Treaty of Paris 1783.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This document ended the American Revolution and recognized U.S. independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
The British surrendered after this final major battle of the war in 1781.
✦ What is the Battle of Yorktown?
He wrote Common Sense to encourage independence.
✦ Who is Thomas Paine?
He was a former enslaved man and the first person killed in the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
He defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams?
List ONE grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What is quartering of troops, no right to speak out against king, suspended legislature, no trial by jury, taxation without representation, soldiers tried in England, no right to commerce, etc.?
Washington’s army survived a harsh winter here and became better trained.
What is Valley Forge?
She wrote poems and plays supporting independence and criticizing the British.
Who is Mercy Otis Warren?
He was the King of England during the American Revolution.
Who is King George III?
She famously asked her husband to “remember the ladies” when forming the new government.
Who is Abigail Adams?
This Enlightenment thinker’s ideas on natural rights/unalienable rights inspired the Declaration.
This early battle near Boston showed the colonists could fight, even though they lost.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
This enslaved African American spied on the British and helped the Patriots.
Who is James Armistead?
He was a French nobleman who helped Washington fight and supported the American cause.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
He was the father of the US navy, known for saying, “I have not yet begun to fight!”
Who is John Paul Jones?