American revolution

Boston massacre location

Boston

boston massacre 1770: incident

the soldiers opened fire on colonists

boston massacre 1770: impact

became a powerful propaganda tool for patriots

boston massacre 1770: propaganda

stir anti-British sentiments

Boston tea party 1773: cause

British tea monopoly

Boston tea party 1773: action

dumped British tea into the Boston harbor

Boston tea party 1773: consequence

intolerable act

george washington: commander of

continental army

george Washington appointed by

the 2nd continental congress

george washington: crossed the

delaware river

thomas Paine: wrote

common sense pamphlet

thomas Paine : influenced colonial support

for independence

battale of Saratoga 1777: convinced

france to support american independence

battale of Saratoga 1777: influenced

colonial support for independence

valley forge : conditions

bad

valley forge : hardships

food, clothes, disease , and moral

declaration of independence: date

july 4 1776

declaration of independence: key participants

Thomos Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams

societal impacts: increased sense of

equality

societal impacts: calls for broader

rights

societal impacts issues regarding

slavery and women’s rights

key terminology: patriots

colonists who supported independence

key terminology: loyalists

colonists who remained loyal to Britain

key terminology: minutemen

colonial military fighters

yorktown surrender: who surrendered to George Washington

general Cornwallis

yorktwon surrender : what did it end

military confrontations

treaty of Paris: what did America gain

independence

treaty of Paris: what where they recognized as

united states of America

treaty of paris: what war did it lead to

indian war.