American Revolution 2019

James Armistead

African American Patriot who spied for the Americans during the American Revolution.

1607

Jamestown

1775

Lexington and Concord, 2nd Continental Congress

Battle of Trenton

On Christmas day at night, Washington's soldiers began crossing the Deleware River. The next morning, they suprise attacked the British mercenaries which were Hessians.

Comon sense

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that said colonies shoud be independent of Great Britain. Tried to convince the people who were neutral to join the Patriot side during the Revolution

John Hancock

Patriot leader and president of the Second Continental Congress; first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.

Philadelphia

city of brotherly love where they signed the Declaration

Battle of Yorktown (1781)

last major battle of Revolution. French navy and ground troops were crucial to victory.

Unalienable Rights

-Life -Liberty -Pursuit of Happiness -Rights that can not be taken, you were born with them.

Benedict Arnold (1741-1801)

A traitorous American commander who planned to sell out the American garrison at West Point to the British, but his plot was discovered before it could be executed and he joined the British army. (page 233) . Hero of Saratoga

Marques de Lafayette

A wealthy French man came to america in 1777 Brought a group of well trained soldiers & volunteered to serve the continental army without pay

Loyalists

American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

Patriot

American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

American intellectual, inventor, and politician He helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.

Ben Franklin

American patriot, writer, printer, and inventor. During the Revolutionary War he persuaded the French to help the colonists.

Paul Revere

American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)

1777

Battle of Saratoga: "turning point of the revolution"

1781

Battle of Yorktown

1770

Boston Massacre

1773

Boston Tea Party and Tea Act

George Washington

Commander of the Continental Army;

Grievances in Declaration of Independence

Complaints made against King George III

Second Continental Congress

Congress of American leaders which first met in 1775, declared independence in 1776, and helped lead the United States during the Revolution

Battle of Saratoga (1777)

Decisive colonial victory in upstate New York; considered to be the turning point of the American Revolution. *Historical Significance:* Caused France to openly support the colonies with military forces in addition to the supplies and money already being sent.

1776

Declaration of Independence signed

First Continental Congress

Delagates from all colonies except georgia met to discuss problems with britain and to promote independence

Valley Forge (1777-1778)

Encampment where George Washington's poorly equipped army spent a wretched, freezing winter. Hundreds of men died and more than a thousand deserted. The plight of the starving, shivering soldiers reflected the main weakness of the American army-a lack of stable supplies and munitions.

1619

First Africans arrive and House of Burgesses

1774

First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

Battle of Lexington and Concord (1775)

First battles of the Revolutionary War, fought outside of Boston. The colonial militia successfully defended their stores of munitions, forcing the British to retreat to Boston.

Battle of Bunker Hill (1775)

First major battle of the Revolutions. It showed that the Americans could hold their own, but the British were also not easy to defeat. Ultimately, the Americans were forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition, and Bunker Hill was in British hands. However, the British suffered more deaths.

1778

French join the war against the British

Hessian Mercenaries

German soldiers who were paid to fight in the Revolutionary War by Great Britain

John Neeley

Greatest Patriot in history

King George III

King of England during the American Revolution, highly disliked by the colonists.

Torries

Loyalists

1215

Magna Carta

1620

Mayflower Compact, the first form of self-government, was signed by the Pilgrims promising to consult each other about laws for the colony. Written because of distance between Great Britain and the colonies.

Wentworth chesswell

Midnight ride warning of British; African American Patriot who also warned the British were coming at Lexington and Concord.

1763

Proclamation of 1763

Baron von Steuben

Prussian soldier who helped train American forces at Valley Forge in the American Revolutionary War.

"The shot heard around the world" refers to

The first shot that makes the start of the American Revolution

Treaty of Paris 1783

This treaty ended the Revolutionary War, recognized the independence of the American colonies, and granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River

1783

Treaty of Paris is signed

Abigail Adams

Wife of John Adams. During the Revolutionary War, she wrote letters to her husband describing life on the homefront. She urged her husband to remember America's women in the new government he was helping to create.

Thomas Jefferson

Wrote the Declaration of Independence, 3rd president