Chapter one
redcoats
the British army
Thomas Jefferson
The principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Mercenaries
Payed Hessian soldiers
Guerrilla warfare
A hit and run tatic used by the natives
declaration of independence
july 4th 1776
Minutemen
men who came "on a minutes notice" usually normal men
Patriots and Loyalist
Patriots went against the British, Loyalists supported the British
Battle of Trenton
George Washington attacked the mercenaries that were guarding Trenton while they were asleep
Francis Marion (Swamp Fox)
a skilled patriot that used guerrilla warfare and was never caught
Treaty of Paris
September 3rd 1786
the Battle of Lexington and Concord
marked the start of the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence and who was not included in it.
Native Americans, black people, women
Marquis de Lafayette
French soldier that gave up all his riches to fight against the British
Battle of Yorktown
the final battle of the American Revolution
Paul Revere's ride
April 18, 1775
Second Continental Congress
they made the army, Olive Branch petition, appointed the deceleration of independence
Thomas Paine
The author of Common Sense
Bernardo de Galvez
was governor of the Spanish territory of Louisiana during the American Revolution he kept the British from coming through the south
Treaty of Paris
The treaty that declared peace between British and American.
when was "common sense" published
January 10th 1776
Who shot the "shot heard around the world"
no one knows
How many pages was "common sense"
47 pages
How did George Washington "create" vaccines
He took his blood and smeared it into the open wound of another
How long was the Battle of Yorktown, how many people died?
When did George Washington become president?
April 30, 1789