A - April 19, 1775<span>"Shot heard round the world"
Marked day of American Revolution
Lexington, Mass
8 Americans died</span>B - Benjamin Franklin<span>Renascence man
one of the countries founding fathers
80 years old during 1st Continental Congress
wrote Poor Richards Almanac & Pennsylvania Gazette</span>C - Constitution<span>Founding Fathers conducting a political experiment
Document explains separation of government (3 branches)
Lived under Constitution for 200 years</span>D - Daughters of Liberty<span>women had a role in the Revolution
boycotts of British goods & services
Molly Pitcher fought along side men during war bay loading cannons</span>E - England (Great Britain)<span>Started taxing America for revenue in 1764 to replace money for 7 years war
acts were passed in parliament btwn 1764-1765
Americans had no representation
King George III = Tyrant</span>F- France<span>Louis XIV smuggled military supplies to America
recognized in America as an independent nation
Lafayette worked with Washington during war</span>G - "Give me liberty, or give me death!"<span>Patrick Henry
March 23, 1775 @ St John's Church
Very persuasive speech
Points out that British gov. was not giving Americans representation</span>H - John Hancock<span>Famous signer of the DOI
1st person to sign
wealthiest man in Boston</span>I- Independence<span>radical idea to Americans
nobody believed it was possible
founding fathers changed the US forever</span>J- Thomas Jefferson<span>wrote DOI
thought "People governed themselves"
Separation of church and state</span>K- Kings mountain<span>October 7, 1780
South Carolina
1400 Americans & 1100 Loyalist
Loyalist lost
1st little civil war</span>L- John Locke<span>Philosophy of Government
believed all men were born with certain rights
believed in the right to rebel against government if their rights weren't respected</span>M- Minute men<span>Special units of Massachusetts militia
ready at minutes notice to defend the country</span>N- Navy<span>America didnt have much of a Navy
Britain had strong navy
lessened threat when French became ally</span>O- October 1777<span>bad month for the British
tried to divide country by sending an army south from Canada
defeat in Saratoga, New York</span>P- Thomas Paine<span>wrote Common Sense
Influential writer
5 major reasons for independence
also wrote the American Crisis to boost moral</span>Q - Quartering act<span>passed in parliament in May 1765
house British soldiers in homes
one of acts to lead to Am. Rev.
NY punished in 1767 for revolting against act</span>R- Paul Revere<span>Midnight ride
April 18, 1775
British have arrived
engraver & silversmith</span>S- Samuel Adams<span>"thorn" in England's side
troublemaker in New England
founded the Sons Of Liberty
Main instigator of the Boston Tea Party
Made title "Boston Massacre"</span>T- Tax<span>British taxed Americans because of 7 years war
Began to tax sugar, tea, coffee & wine
Stamp act- taxed printed documents</span>U- United States<span>13 colonies:
New York
Mass.
Penn.
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Conn.
New Hampshire
Rhode Island</span>V- Valley Forge<span>Penn., Winter of 1777-1778
George Washington's camp
very cold
ran out of supplies
approx. 2000 dies & others went home
the ones who stayed became a well trained army</span>W- George Washington<span>became popular during French & Indian war
1st president of USA
served 8 years</span>X- Expression of American mindThomas Jefferson described the purpose of the DOI = American mindY- Yorktown<span>American forces & French defeated Cornwallis
Last battle of Am. Rev.</span>Z- Zealous<span>Patriots were zealous in their fight
Am. Rev. was a start of a new world</span>
Marked day of American Revolution
Lexington, Mass
8 Americans died</span>B - Benjamin Franklin<span>Renascence man
one of the countries founding fathers
80 years old during 1st Continental Congress
wrote Poor Richards Almanac & Pennsylvania Gazette</span>C - Constitution<span>Founding Fathers conducting a political experiment
Document explains separation of government (3 branches)
Lived under Constitution for 200 years</span>D - Daughters of Liberty<span>women had a role in the Revolution
boycotts of British goods & services
Molly Pitcher fought along side men during war bay loading cannons</span>E - England (Great Britain)<span>Started taxing America for revenue in 1764 to replace money for 7 years war
acts were passed in parliament btwn 1764-1765
Americans had no representation
King George III = Tyrant</span>F- France<span>Louis XIV smuggled military supplies to America
recognized in America as an independent nation
Lafayette worked with Washington during war</span>G - "Give me liberty, or give me death!"<span>Patrick Henry
March 23, 1775 @ St John's Church
Very persuasive speech
Points out that British gov. was not giving Americans representation</span>H - John Hancock<span>Famous signer of the DOI
1st person to sign
wealthiest man in Boston</span>I- Independence<span>radical idea to Americans
nobody believed it was possible
founding fathers changed the US forever</span>J- Thomas Jefferson<span>wrote DOI
thought "People governed themselves"
Separation of church and state</span>K- Kings mountain<span>October 7, 1780
South Carolina
1400 Americans & 1100 Loyalist
Loyalist lost
1st little civil war</span>L- John Locke<span>Philosophy of Government
believed all men were born with certain rights
believed in the right to rebel against government if their rights weren't respected</span>M- Minute men<span>Special units of Massachusetts militia
ready at minutes notice to defend the country</span>N- Navy<span>America didnt have much of a Navy
Britain had strong navy
lessened threat when French became ally</span>O- October 1777<span>bad month for the British
tried to divide country by sending an army south from Canada
defeat in Saratoga, New York</span>P- Thomas Paine<span>wrote Common Sense
Influential writer
5 major reasons for independence
also wrote the American Crisis to boost moral</span>Q - Quartering act<span>passed in parliament in May 1765
house British soldiers in homes
one of acts to lead to Am. Rev.
NY punished in 1767 for revolting against act</span>R- Paul Revere<span>Midnight ride
April 18, 1775
British have arrived
engraver & silversmith</span>S- Samuel Adams<span>"thorn" in England's side
troublemaker in New England
founded the Sons Of Liberty
Main instigator of the Boston Tea Party
Made title "Boston Massacre"</span>T- Tax<span>British taxed Americans because of 7 years war
Began to tax sugar, tea, coffee & wine
Stamp act- taxed printed documents</span>U- United States<span>13 colonies:
New York
Mass.
Penn.
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Conn.
New Hampshire
Rhode Island</span>V- Valley Forge<span>Penn., Winter of 1777-1778
George Washington's camp
very cold
ran out of supplies
approx. 2000 dies & others went home
the ones who stayed became a well trained army</span>W- George Washington<span>became popular during French & Indian war
1st president of USA
served 8 years</span>X- Expression of American mindThomas Jefferson described the purpose of the DOI = American mindY- Yorktown<span>American forces & French defeated Cornwallis
Last battle of Am. Rev.</span>Z- Zealous<span>Patriots were zealous in their fight
Am. Rev. was a start of a new world</span>
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