Influential People
Made flags for the Pennsylvania navy
Betsy Ross
This group of people worked toward gaining the right to vote and earn property in the 1800s
Women
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to give up
surrender
This concept allowed factories to produce goods at a much faster rate
mass production
The military leader of the French and Indian War
George Washington
Colonists declared this in 1776
independence
Railroads, roads and canal construction increased this in Pennsylvania
commerce
the way that people and goods are moved from one place to another
transportation
This helped pay for the construction of the Lancaster Turnpike
toll
A Philadelphia banker who gave money to the Continental Army
Robert Morris
During this event people protested the tax on tea by dumping tea into the harbor
Boston Tea Party
The document that marked the end of the French and Indian War
The Treaty of Paris
a surprise attack
raid
textile factories
A German military leader who was hired to train the troops at Valley Forge
Frederick von Steuben
Which two sides battled during the American Revolution?
the Continental Army and the British
A book published by Thomas Paine to support colonial independence
Common Sense
to work together to come to an agreement
negotiate
These waterways were built to improve water travel in the late 1700s and early 1800s
canals
Helped lead the Continental troops in the Battle of Yorktown in Virginia
John Muhlenberg
The American Indian groups who sided with the French and British during the French and Indian War
Algonquin - French
Iroquois - British
Required that a tax was paid on newspapers, printed papers and playing cards
The Stamp Act
land that belongs to a country but has no represntation in that country
territory
Samuel Kier