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| Gouvernuer Morris | author of preamble |
| William Bradford | pilgrim and established Plymouth Colony |
| James Oglethorpe | founded Georgia |
| Patrick Henry | speech stated Give me Liberty of give me death |
| Roger Williams | Puritan was kicked out of Massachusetts Bay Colony founded Rhode Island |
| Sam Adams | founded Sons of Liberty and Committee of Correspondence |
| John Adams | 2nd president |
| Abigail Adams | wife of John Adams |
| Paul Revere | warned that British were coming |
| Ben Franklin | helped write Declaration of Independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | wrote Declaration of Independence and was 3rd President |
| Mercy Otis Warren | famous female poet and writer |
| Phillis Wheatley | Former slave wrote about slavery |
| James Madison | 4th President came up with three branches of government and the Virginia Plan and helped write Constitution |
| George Mason | from Virginia helped write Bill of Rights |
| Charles Pinckey | from South Carolina signer of Constitution |
| Federalist | wanted strong national government |
| Anti-Federalist | wanted equal power in state and federal government |
| Valley Forge | horrible winter for Continental Army lost 2500 soldiers to cold and starvation |
| Battle of Saratoga | first win by the Continental Army |
| Battle of Yorktown | French ships helped Patriots win the last battle Cornwallis surrendered |
| Treaty of Paris | the end of the Revolutionary War. Americans had gained independence from Britain |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | held the British Army twice before running out of ammunition |
| Articles of Confederation | weak form of Government |
| William Penn | Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Did not allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachians |
| Stamp Act | taxes on anything printed on paper |
| Townshend Acts | made colonists pay taxes on goods such as tea, glass, and paper |
| Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty threw British Tea into Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | Harsh laws that included curfews on coonists and British troops were brought in to rule the city of Boston |
| Lexington and Concord | lost battles to Britian but proved that the minutemen could fight |
| Second Continental Congress | formed Continental Army and named George Washington the General |
| Thomas Paine | wrote Common Sense |
| July 4, 1776 | Declaration of Independence |
| Bill of Rights | helped to secure individual rights of citizens |
| Constitution | Document that established our democratic government with three branches and checks and balances |
| George Washington | first President and general of the Continental Army |
| Louisiana Purchase | Bought from Napoleon Bonaparte from French and it doubled the size of the country |
