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John Lock
an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism" -
Benjamin Franklin
A founding father of the Untited States who was very involved in many things such as writing and math. -
Mary Draper
Patriot who was known for the help she gave members of the continental army during the Revolutionary War. -
George Washington
George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a patriot in the American Revolution. -
Patrick Henrey
Patrick Henry was an American attorney, planter and politician who became known as an orator during the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was a merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. -
George III
He was king of Great Britain and Ireland until the union of the two countries and then he was king of Great Britain and the united Kingdom until his death. -
Lord Cornwallis
British Army officer and colonial administartor who was defeated in the Battle of Yorktown -
Benedict Arnold
Orginally an American general but defected to the British army. He made a plan to surrender Amercian alnd tot he british, but the Amercans discovered hsi plan and he was commsioned into the british army as a brigadier general. -
Nathanael Greene
A major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War, known for his successful command in the Southern Campaign. -
Thomas Jefferson
American founding father and principal author of The Delaration of Independence -
Henry Knox
Henry Knox was a military officer of the Continental Army and later the United States Army, and also served as the first United States Secretary -
Marquis De Layfayette
A French aristocrat and military officer who fought for the United States in the American Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris 1763
The signing of the treaty formally ended the Seven Years' War, known as the French and Indian War -
Proclamtion of 1764
which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain and increased colonists concerns with thr British parliment's intentions -
Stamp Act
an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown. -
Sons of Liberty
an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
Townshend Act
A series of taxes, in which, most were repealed except the tax on tea which led to the Boston tea Party and the American Revolution. -
Boston Massacre
in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. The incident was heavily propagandized by leading Patriots, such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, to fuel animosity toward the British authorities. -
Committee of Correspondence
Sadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American colonies. The only remaining tax from the townshand acts that led to the Boston tea party. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest where Americans dumped British Tea overboard the cargo ships. -
Intolerable Acts
The American Patriots' name for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party. -
First Continental Congress
A eeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies to discuss colonial rights. was determined that if those rights were not met, there woudl be another meeting. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The batlle where the Patriots used Guerilla Warfare and afterwards gained France as an alliance which gave the colonies much more confidence. The British won. -
Battle of Bunker hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was a battle fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The british won. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
Crossing the Delaware
was the first move in a surprise attack organized by George Washington against the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey -
Batle of Trenton
Despite the battle's small numbers, the American victory inspired rebels in the colonies. With the success of the revolution in doubt a week earlier, the army had seemed on the verge of collapse. The dramatic victory inspired soldiers to serve longer and attracted new recruits to the ranks -
Battle of Brandywine
The British defeated the Americans and forced them to withdraw toward the American capital of Philadelphia. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was the military camp in southeastern Pennsylvania, northwest of Philadelphia, where the American Continental Army spent the winter ring the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of King's Mountain
The Battle of Kings Mountain was a decisive victory in South Carolina for the Patriot militia over the Loyalist militia in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Yorktown
The siege proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American theater and the surrender by Cornwallis, and the capture of both him and his army happened. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
negotiated between the United States and Great Britain, ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
