vocabulary 1
A document pronouncing rights and declaring freedom, written by Thomas Jefferson:
Declaration of Independence
To stop using or doing something as a form of protest.
boycott
He was one of the writers of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
He was king at the time of the Revolution.
King George III
Soldiers pulled from other countries to fight.
Mercenaries.
They supported the American revolution, believed in their country.
Patriots
He rode on the midnight ride and warned the colonists that the British were coming.
Paul Revere
He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence and wrote the biggest signature. He was the president of the Second Continental Congress
John Hancock
Supported the British, believed that the colonies should remain colonies
Loyalists
Unalienable rights, rights people have under natural law
Natural Rights
He wrote Common Sense and The Crisis.
Thomas Paine
He was the general of the Continental Army.
George Washington
Ended the war between the British and French colonies, as well as their respective allies.
Treaty of Paris-French and Indian war
A group of non-professional soldiers, generally the citizens of a country or state.
Militia
Patriot turned trader after he gave secret documents to British.
Benedict Arnold
Formally ended the Revolutionary War.
Treaty of Paris 1783
The united force of leaders from 12/13 british colonies to find a way to end the revolution in victory.
Second Continental Congress.
The united force of leaders from 12/13 British colonies
First continental Congress.
He was the leader of the British at the Battle of Saratoga and surrendered.
John Burgoyne
The army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies form Britain
continental army