American Revolution

  • Navigation Acts

    Navigation Acts

    All trade must be carried on an English or Colonial ship.
  • Green Mountain Boys

    Green Mountain Boys

    A militia organization between New York and New Hampshire.
  • Declaratory Act

    Declaratory Act

    Parliament was the same tax authority as the colonies as Great Britain.
  • French and Indian War

    French and Indian War

    British Colonies fought New France's colonies.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Prevented any more westward expansion.
  • Quartering Act

    Quartering Act

    Colonists must house British soldiers.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    A tax on any printed paper that was used.
  • Daughter of Liberty

    Daughter of Liberty

    A Group of women who represented their love for America by boycotting British goods. http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/daughters-liberty-fought-independence/
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

    A secret group composed of Colonists made to fight Britain and their tyranny.
  • Townshend Act

    Townshend Act

    Taxes on many goods. Colonies outraged.
  • Crispus Attuckus

    Crispus Attuckus

    First person to be attacked in the Boston Massacre.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    Local Bostonians were harassing British troops. The British shot and killed 5 people.
  • Tea Act

    Tea Act

    To reduce the amount of Tea held by the East India Company.
  • Committees of Correspondence

    Committees of Correspondence

    Committees from different town's in the colonies communicated their ideas with each other and their courses of action.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    A Protest against unfair laws and taxes, during which the colonists dumped hundreds of tons of tea into the harbor.
  • Quebec Act

    Quebec Act

    Gave French colonists religious freedom and civil law.
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    Leaders from the colonies gathered to talk about the troubles in Britain's and the colonies relationship.
  • Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts

    Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts

    The Intolerable Acts were made by parliament to punish them for their rebellious events.
  • Patrick Henry

    Patrick Henry

    "Give me Liberty, or give me death!" At the 2nd Virginia Convention.
  • Battle of Bunker Hill

    Battle of Bunker Hill

    A loss for the Patriots. But the British lost twice as many troops.
  • John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

    Naval Commander and war hero. Great victories against British warships.
  • Continental Army

    Continental Army

    Formed to fight against the British and won.
  • Wentworth Cheswell

    Wentworth Cheswell

    Wentworth Cheswell was an African American minuteman, rode to New Hampshire and Maine to get reinforcements.
  • William Dawes

    William Dawes

    William Dawes was a patriot, who with Paul Revere saw the two ligts shine and they alerted the militia.
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Delegates from the colonies came together for the second time to discuss the state of the country.
  • Ethan Allen

    Ethan Allen

    The leader of the Green Mountain Boys with Benedict Arnold, and he fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    The first battle in the Revolutionary War.
  • Common Sense

    Common Sense

    A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating for Independence.
  • Samuel Adams

    Samuel Adams

    In the Continental Congress , signed the Declaration of Independence.
  • John Adams

    John Adams

    Persuaded congress to declare independence.
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    Founding Father, \signed the Declaration of Independence.
  • George Washington

    George Washington

    The Commander in Chief during the American Revolution. 1st American President.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    He is the author of the Declaration Of Independence.
  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine was the author of Common Sense, a 47-page pamphlet.
  • Nathan Hale

    Nathan Hale

    Spy and Soldier for the Continental Army.
  • Declaration of Independence.

    Declaration of Independence.

    The document declaring the Colonists freedom from Britain which was signed by the second Continental Congress.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    Considered the war's turning point.
  • Valley Forge

    Valley Forge

    George Washington and his army camped here.
  • Francis Marion

    Francis Marion

    Used unusual tactics in war. The father of Gorilla Warfare.
  • Haym Solomon

    Haym Solomon

    A financial broker in New York City. He helped free to revolution.
  • John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

    Naval Commander and war hero. Great victories against British Warships.
  • Bernardo Galvez

    Bernardo Galvez

    A Spanish man who was an enemy of Britain and helped the Patriots in the war.
  • Benedict Arnold

    Benedict Arnold

    Notorious traitor of the United States. He switched to the British side in the middle of the American Revolution.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    The last major battle in the Revolution. (essentially ended the war)
  • James Armistead

    James Armistead

    James Armistead was an African American slave, who was given permission by his master to enlist and join the Continental Army.
    He was employed as a spy for the Americans, gaining the trust of British generals like Benedict Arnold and Cornwallis. http://www.historynet.com/the-slave-who-spied-james-armisteads-role-in-revolutionary-war.htm
  • John Jay

    John Jay

    One of the Founding Fathers of The United States.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Officially ended the Revolutionary War.