Declaring Independence
The 47-page pamphlet that was distributed in Philadelphia in January 1776.
Common Sense
The Continental Army's Commander in Chief.
George Washington
Swift hit-and-run attacks were known as what type of warfare?
guerrilla
This plan made Congress the single branch of the national government.
Articles of Confederation
The 1st colony set up in the United States in 1607.
Jamestown
Who is credited for writing the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty, but for pay.
mercenaries
The peace agreement that officially ended the American Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States.
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Official approval for state legislature.
ratification
Protest against the Tea Act where colonists dressed as natives and dumped crates of tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Colonists who sided with the British.
Loyalists
What was the turning point (battle) in the war?
Battle of Saratoga
The document made the king subject to the law just like anyone else and set limits on his power
Magna Carta
This formed a political system for the Northwest Territory.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This act (part of Intolerable Acts) required colonists to house British soldiers to punish then for their protests.
Quartering
Who was the author of Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The winter at ________ ________ brings to mind suffering—and courage. Yet no battles took place here.
Valley Forge
This is a set of basic principles and laws that states the powers and duties of the government.
constitution
A system for surveying and dividing western lands.
Land Ordinance of 1785
This patriot rode to colonies warning that "The British are coming, the British are coming!"
Paul Revere
Why was it ironic that Thomas Jefferson "opposed" slavery when writing the Declaration of Independence?
Because he owned slaves himself
How did the Colonists and the British recruit African American soldiers to fight in the war?
They promised them freedom from slavery.
The right to vote.
suffrage
Name at least 3 of the 6 states in the Northwest Territory.
Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
After the Second Continental Congress the Massachusetts militia formed the _____________ ____.
Continental Army