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Unit 2 American Rev.
The American Revolution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1776 | America declares independence from Britain |
| Saratoga | Turning point in the American Revolution; the 1st time that it looked like the Americans would win and the French become an ally |
| King George III | King of England during the American Revolution |
| Lexington & Concord | First battles of the American Revolution; the “Shot Heard Round the World” |
| Declaration of Independence | Listed the reasons that the U.S. was officially overthrowing the British Rule |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence; 3rd President |
| Samuel Adams | Leader of the Sons of Liberty in Boston |
| Thomas Paine | Wrote Common Sense (people should rule themselves, not ruled by a King) & wrote The Crisis to encourage troops |
| George Washington | Commander of the American troops during the Revolution; 1st President |
| Benjamin Franklin | nventor, discoverer of electricity, negotiated peace treaty with France |
| Yorktown | Last battle of the American Revolution |
| Treaty of Paris | Treaty that ended the American Revolution |
| Inalienable (Unalienable) Rights | Rights that all people are born with: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
| Patrick Henry | Said, “Give me liberty or give me death”; freedom is worth dying for; favored an individual’s rights |
| Tariff | A tax, usually on imported goods |
| Lord Cornwallis | Commander of the British forces; surrendered at Yorktown |
| Marquis de Lafayette | Frenchman who aided troops at Valley Forge by supplying clothing |
| Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty (disguised as Mohawks) boarded British ships and dumped tea as protest to Tea Act |
| Boston Massacre | Brawl or fight between British Redcoats and Bostonians |
| Crispus Attucks | African-American who was the first to die in the Boston Massacre |
| Valley Forge | Washington’s starving, poorly equipped troops trained here during freezing winter |
| Taxation Without Representation | Slogan of colonial grievance due to paying $ without consent |
| militia | Troops of voluntary citizen-soldiers; minutemen |
| First and Second Continental Congress | First CC: sent respectful petition to king Second CC: drafted Declaration of Independence |
| Mercy Otis Warren | Patriot writer, First female historian of the American Revolution |
| Haym Salomon | Polish born, Jewish Immigrant that helped finance the American Revolution, Arrested by the British for being |
| Bernardo de Galvez | From Spain, Correspondent to the founding fathers in the American Revolution |
| James Armistead | African American spy during the American Revolution |
| Abigail Adams | Took a stance for women’s rights in letters to her husband during the American Revolution |
| The Proclamation Line | 1763, A law that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mts. |
| 1st and 2nd Continental Congress | Colonial Representatives that met in Philadelphia and ran the colonies during the war. Wrote the D.O.I |
| John Adams | Massachusetts representative to the continental congress. Ensured the passage of the D.O.I. |
| Popular Sovereignty | Government Power comes from the people |
| The Stamp Act | Colonists must pay for the stamp of the King on all documents (cards, newspapers, ect) |
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