War 2

Revolutionary War

  • Charles Cornwallis

    Charles Cornwallis

    British army officer, colonial administrator. He is known as one of the best British officers in the American Revolution,
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Formally eneded the French and Indian war.
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763

    Forbids settlers from settling past the line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    Imposed a direct tax by the British Parliment.
  • Quartering Acts

    Quartering Acts

    2 acts of British Parliment.
  • John Adams

    John Adams

    Ally in the American Revloution.
  • Townshend Acts

    Townshend Acts

    Series of acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britan acts named after Charles Townshend.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British army soldiers killed 5 men and injured 6 others.
  • Sons of Liberty

    Sons of Liberty

    An organization of American Patriots that originated in the pre-independence North American colonies.
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party

    Non violent political protest where they threw chests of tea into the boston harbour.
  • Intolerable Acts

    Intolerable Acts

    Patriot name of a series of punitive laws passed by the Btirish Parliment.
  • 1st Continental Congress

    1st Continental Congress

    Convention of delegates from 12 colonies.
  • Benedict Arnold

    Benedict Arnold

    He was an amazing general in the American army but became a traitor and defected to the British army.
  • Paul Revere's Ride

    Paul Revere's Ride

    He was the one that warned the people that the British were coming.
  • Lexington and Concord

    Lexington and Concord

    First military engagments in he revolutionary war.
  • George Washington

    George Washington

    He was the first president and commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    An america founding father, the 3rd president of the united states
  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine

    He's known as the father of the American Revolution because of his pamphlet Common Sense.
  • Abigail Adams

    Abigail Adams

    Was the wife of John Adams, the first vice president and the second president.
  • Patroit

    Patroit

    Colonists that rebelled against the British.
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

    Statement of congress which announced the 13 colonies were independent states.
  • Loyalist

    Loyalist

    American Colonists that were still loyal to the British.
  • Hessians

    Hessians

    18th century German auxiliaries contracted for service under The Crown of the British Empire.
  • Samuel Adams

    Samuel Adams

    He was one of the founding fathers in the united states.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga

    Turning point in the war. 2 battles were fought 18 days apart on the same ground.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    American victory battle which prompted the British to end the conflict.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    Ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain.
  • Martha Wahsington

    Martha Wahsington

    Was the wife of George Wahsington.