A | B |
George Washington | commander-in-chief of the Continental Army |
Thomas Jefferson | wrote Declaration of Independence |
Samuel Adams | led Boston Tea Party |
George Mason | wrote VA Declaration of Rights |
Battle of Lexington and Concord | first battle fought in the American Revlution |
Battle of Yorktown | last battle fought in the American Revolution |
Battle of Great Bridge | first land battle fought in Virginia |
Treaty of Paris | signing that ended the American Revolution |
loyalist | person in the 13 colonies that fights for England |
patriot | someone that is loyal to one's own country |
minutemen | someone that isn't in the army |
Patrick Henry | give me liberty or give me death |
Jack Jouett | Paul Revere of the south |
Women | made clothes,cook,farmed,and supported troops |
The battle of Saratoga | Turning point of the war |
Boston Massacre | five people die |
The Sugar act | taxes on coffee and kinds of wine |
The French and Indian war | The war between Great Britain |
Lord Cornwallis | lead the redcoats |
The Boston tea party | The son of liberty dumped tea in the harber |