the wife of John Adams who tried to influence her husband to include women's rights in the Declaration of Independence

a general and hero for the Continental Army until he betrayed them and joined the British side in 1780

author of Autobiography, which discussed his political beliefs. He was a printer, author, scientist, inventor, musician. and one of America's founders

a method of protest in which people refuse to buy certain goods (British goods)

a British general who led several successful military campaigns in the early part of the American Revolution

an African American sailor who was killed during the Boston Massacre

Drafted at the First Continental Congress, a list of ten resolutions to be presented to King George III, which included the colonists' right to "life, liberty, and property."

declared that Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies in any circumstance

a Virginia lawyer who presented a series of resolutions to the Virginia House of Burgesses because he disagreed with the Stamp Act; he made a famous speech titled, "Give me liberty, or give me death" speech; attended the First Continental Congress

a member of the Sons of Liberty who made a famous ride out of Boston to alert minutemen that the British were on the move; he was arrested, but another rider, Samuel Prescott, was able to warn citizens of Concord.

a secret society Samuel Adams helped organize that sometimes used violence to scare tax collectors

set duties on molasses and sugar imported by colonists

placed duties (taxes) on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea

the site of the Continental army camp in the winter of 1777-78 in which supplies were low and the winter was brutal; 2,000 soldiers died of disease and malnutrition

an experienced military officer from Prussia, who led with a combination of respect and fear; he trained American troops, focusing on basic military drills, but eventually turned the Continental Army into a strong fighting force

A Revolutionary War battle in Boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the British army

the last major battle of the Revolutionary War; site of British general Charles Cornwallis's surrender to the Patriots in Virginia

the governor of Spanish Louisiana who became a key ally to the Patriots; he gathered a small army of Spanish soldiers, French Americans, colonists, and Native Americans and seized many British ports from Louisiana to Florida

an incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonist, killing five people

a protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British tea ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor

committees created to help towns and colonies share information about resisting British laws

a 47-page pamphlet that was distributed in Philadelphia in January 1776; it was published anonymously, but was written by Thomas Paine; it changed the way many people viewed the king. It made a strong case for economic freedom in the colonies and for the right to military self-defense, and it criticized tyranny.

a French nobleman and general who helped the Thirteen colonies gain their independence from Great Britain

the army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britain

a meeting, or gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies in America to discuss solutions

a Patriot known as "Swamp Fox," who organized Marion's Brigade, a group of guerrilla soldiers in the southern U.S.

volunteered to lead the western campaign; he created an army from scattered settlements in the Ohio River Valley. His campaigns undermined British support in the West.

Was chosen by the Second Continental Congress to command the Continental army

an immigrant of Poland who spied for the Patriots in New York and later used his skills as a banker to help fund the American Revolution

laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to tighten government control of the colonies

an enslaved African who worked as a spy for Lafayette and collected valuable information that helped the Continental army have an advantage at Yorktown

a naval hero who captured British supply ships and warships

colonists who chose to side with the British; also called Tories

a wealthy, young Frenchman who bought his own ship and arrived with others to help fight the Patriots in 1777; he volunteered without pay; he quickly became a skillful commander and major general; he gave a lot of his money and he helped raise money for the Patriot cause

foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty, but for pay

a writer in the Massachusetts colony who disagreed with the new tax; she wrote plays that accused British leaders of being greedy

local militia; ready to fight at a moment's notice

colonists who chose to fight for independence from Great Britain

One of the Coercive or Intolerable Acts that helped fan the flames of revolution in the English colonies. It required each colonist to provide a place in their home, or quarter, for British soldiers.

a name given by colonists to British soldiers because of their jackets

a local leader who believed Parliament could not tax the colonists without their permission - "no Taxation without Representation" summed up his ideas

a meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord

a law requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents

a law passed by Parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies, undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party

A Revolutionary War battle in New York that resulted in a major defeat of British troops; marked the Patriots' greatest victory up to that point in the war

a Revolutionary War battle in New Jersey in which Patriot forces captured more than 900 Hessian troops

a document that formally announced the colonies' intentions to break from Great Britain and the reasons why

the author of the Declaration of Independence and the 3rd president of the U.S.

author of Common Sense who argued that citizens, not kings and queens, should make laws

a peace agreement that officially ended the Revolutionary War and established British recognition of the independence of the United States