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Commander of the Continental Army and the first president of the United States.
He was a nobleman from France and was given his own division to command after Gen. Washington saw how good of a leader he was.
Who is Lafayette?
He authored Common Sense and American Crisis.
Who is Thomas Paine?
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This naval hero was responsible for taking a British warship off the coast of Britain.
Who is Jon Paul Jones?
This important right was upheld in the John Peter Zenger trial.
What is freedom of the press?
He proposed the first formal plan to unite the colonies.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Representative government in the colonies was influenced by the English Bill of Rights, the Glorious Revolution, and this document written in 1215.
What is the Magna Carta?
This act took away colonists’ rights and gave Parliament supreme control over colonial governments.
What is the Declaratory Act?
He was the Enlightenment thinker who argued that people have certain rights that governments must protect.
Who is John Locke?
British soldiers were stationed in the colonies after 1763 to help King George III enforce this law.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This act was different from the Sugar Act in that it taxed colonists directly while the Sugar Act was an indirect tax.
What is the Stamp Act?
Conflict between English and French fur traders, fighting between France and England in Europe, and fighting among Native American groups are all causes of this war.
What is a the French and Indian War?
This occurred when British troops marched from Boston into the countryside in April 1775 to arrest Patriot leaders and destroy militia supplies.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Britain seized Cuba and the Philippines from Spain and France gave Spain New Orleans and Louisiana when this treaty was signed.
What is the Treaty of Paris 1763?
This occurred on March 5, 1770 when a fight broke out between British soldiers and dockworkers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This group staged both peaceful and violent protests against Parliament’s laws.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
Thomas Paine published this to convince Americans that a complete break with Britain was necessary.
What is Common Sense?
Parliament passed this to raise money to pay for troops stationed in the colonies for protection and to pay off war debt.
What is the Stamp Act?
This was the first colonial gathering to consider acting together in protest of British tax laws.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
People who sided with the rebels during the Revolutionary War were called this.
What are Patriots?
This treaty ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
This battle caused King Louis XVI of France to recognize U.S. independence and sign two treaties of alliance with the United States.
What is Saratoga?
This British general surrendered at the Battles of Saratoga.
Who is Burgoyne?
The British strategy was to seize this river valley in order to cut New England off from the other states.
What is the Hudson?
These were the professional soldiers from a German state hired to fight for Britain.
Who are the Hessian mercenaries?
The trade of this and land were the basic cause of conflict among Native American groups west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is fur?
They were motivated to aid in the war effort by profit and patriotism, freedom to attach merchant’s ships, and control of the Atlantic trade routes.
Who are privateers?
This event became a symbol of British tyranny and was used as propaganda by the Sons of Liberty.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This idea that people would rule instead of a king developed after the war.
What is republicanism?