U2 Revolution

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.

Patriot, printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father.

American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792) said " I have not yet begun to fight."

a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799), "Give me liberty or give me death"

A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east.

reflected the colonists' belief that they should not be taxed because they had no direct representatives in Parliament

held in New York, agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed

in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troops

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

Laws that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England. These acts made colonists very angry because they were forbidden from trading with other countries.

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

Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, quartering soldiers, taxation

First battle of the American Revolution. "The shot heard 'round the world."

English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.

Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support.