Wife of John Adams, she wrote a lot of letters to him, and she called for women’s equal rights.

Lawyer from Boston who persuaded the Congress to declare independence, helped Thomas Jefferson draft the D.O.I., helped negotiate a peace treaty with Great Britain.

Joined the Continental Army and helped at the Battle of Saratoga.

Opposed British taxation, organized the Boston Tea Party, and formed the Sons of Liberty (a protest group). Die hard Patriot.

Political writer and propagandist, she wrote one of the earliest histories of the American Revolution.

African American spy for the American Patriots.

Publisher, inventor, helped draft the D.O.I, negotiated the Treaty of Paris 1783, and wrote Poor Richard’s Almanac.

Spanish military leader who helped the American Patriots.

African American killed at the Boston Massacre and considered the 1 st casualty of the American Revolutionary War.

King of England who imposed British acts on the American colonists.

Jewish American businessman who financed the Continental Army.

Die hard Patriot who famously said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

Wrote the D.O.I.

French military officer who helped the American Patriots at the Battle of Yorktown.

Wrote Common Sense. Common Sense justifies revolution and opposes the British govt./laws.

Father of the U.S.Navy, said “I have yet to begun to fight!”

Commander in chief of the Continental Army.

1 st battle of the Revolutionary War. Also referred to as the “shot heard round the world.”

“Turning point” of the war for the American patriots. France and Spain become allies with the Americans.

Final battle of the American Revolution. The British surrender.

Military camp in Pennsylvania where 2,500 American soldiers died from disease and malnutrition due to the very cold weather.

Officially ends the American Revolution and independence is recognized.

Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain and disagreed with the Declaration of Independence.

Colonists who favored separating from England and becoming their own independent nation.

Colonists who chose not to take any sides.

Written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson that contained grievances against the King of England and supported separation from England.

“Taxation Without Representation”, tax required on all paper documents.

British reaction to the Boston Tea Party, port of Boston closed, no more general assemblies, and people can be sent to England to face trials.

Unalienable rights are your rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. You are born with these rights and the government cannot take them away from you.

Boycotts, protests, and refusal to pay taxes are examples of civil disobedience.

Boston Tea Party is a protest led by Samuel Adams and his Sons of Liberty in response to the Tea Act.

Stamp Act Quartering Act Townshend Act Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts

Battle of Lexington & Concord Declaration of Independence Battle of Saratoga Winter at Valley Forge Battle of Yorktown