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Lexington & Concord**
April 19, 1775, was the "shot heard round the world", outside of Concord, and British attempted to capture patriot leaders, Adams and Hancock, as start of Revolutionary War -
Bunker Hill
The redcoats suffered heavy casualties before driving the patriots off Breed's hill. The first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) -
Olive Branch Petition
Drafted on July 5, 1775, was a letter to King George III, from members of the Second Continental Congress, which represents the last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain. King George refuses the Petition on Sep. 1, 1775 -
Second Continental Congress
It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. The second Congress managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. -
Declaration of Independence
The colonists wanted to be free and independent from Great Britain and King George III, It says what we believe in: equality, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, Thomas Jefferson wrote it. Benjamin Franklin and John Adams are some of the people who signed it. Was signed in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania -
Cowpens
Daniel Morgan pursued by Tarleton. Divided his army into 3 different lines. sharpshooters, militia, Continental Army. Morgan selected the location of the battle very carefully and told the militia, who were likely to flee. This was an American victory and another confidence boost. It was the turning point in the south and it led to the battle at Guiliford Courthouse. The British were forced out of Carolinas. -
Yorktown
September 28-October 19, 1781 Virginia Harbor: General Washington and Lieutenant de Rochambeau v. Lord Cornwallis. The Americans hugely outnumbered British and they formed a semi-circle around British forts-surprise attack, siege. Yorktown was the last place where British could gain supplies and they lost it. This was the final major battle in the Revolutionary War. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The treaty was represented in Paris and signed so that the U.S. could have its independence. The treaty had also said that any loyalist who had land was to be taken away and returned to the U.S. By that time Britain made peace with France and Spain. The U.S. Was no longer part Great Britain it was its own nation. The U.S. Could now have its own government and laws. The new nation began to expand and the British promised to remove all British troops. Great Britain respected the U.S. -
Princeton
A week after the Battle of Trenton, Washington left a few men to tend some campfires and fool the enemy again; he quietly marched his army to Princeton, where they surprised and beat a British force, this battle helped the American spirit -
Spain
Spanish Colonies began to face more taxes.The class divisions, fear of social rebellion, and the impossible feat to unite their various states( long distances, deeply rooted traditions). The aftermath was the reversal in the relationship with North America as the U.S. became wealthier, democratic, stable, and industrialized. The Spanish colonies became impoverished, politically unstable, and dependent on foreign technology and investment. -
George Washington
Victorious general in the battles of Trenton(Dec. 1776) and Princeton(Jan. 1777) -
French and English Enlightenment*****
John Locke (life, liberty, property)The concept of democracy, natural rights, can get rid of a government if found unjust, Right to self-government -
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson was a member of the Continental Congress from Virginia and was later president. He wrote the original draft of the Declaration of Independence. His draft was accepted with only small changes. -
Trenton
battle lead by George Washington, the Continental Army across the Delaware River Christmas night 1776, surprise attack the Hessians and gain a much-needed morale boost -
Valley Forge
The place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778, a 4th of troops died here from disease and malnutrition, Steuben comes and trains troops. -
Saratoga
(1777) Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted American spirits, ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain. -
France (Treaty of Amity & Commerce, Treaty of Alliance)
Agreement between King Louis XVI of France and Second Continental Congress (U.S.) Signed The Franco-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce at the Hôtel de Crillon in Paris on February 6, 1778. Consequences faced Great Britain declared war on France, Spain entered the fight against Britain as France's ally and France had officially recognized the United States as an independent nation -
John Locke (Social Contract and Natural Rights)*****
-Equality: ...all men are created equal.Natural rights:they are endowed, by their creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.The power to govern and the purpose of government: ...to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed