American Revolution and Colonial History: People

the Robins Johns bros.

Gaspar de Portola

established presidios, missions in California

Horatio Gates

winning U.S. general in Battle of Saratoga

Thomas Hutchinson

royal governor of Massachusetts in early 1770s

Edward Braddock

his troops were decimated by French, Indians

George Grenville

prime minister who imposed Sugar and Stamp Acts

Deborah Sampson

disguised her gender to fight in U.S. army

Abigail Adams

strongly argued for female equality in new nation

George Rogers Clark

led U.S. militia in brutal war against Indians in West

Comte Rochambeau

collaborated with Washington for Yorktown victory

redemptioners

indentured servants who migrated to Pennsylvania

Middle Passage

trans-Atlantic slave trade, with horrid conditions

Coercive Acts

punished Boston and Massachusetts for Tea Party

Sugar Act

its purpose was to raise money; strictly enforced

1st Continental Cong.

set up committees of public safety, inspection

2nd Continental Cong.

sent Olive Branch petition, declared independence

Gaspée

Brits vowed harsh penalties for rebels who torched it

Quebec Act

placed Ohio Valley under French Canadian control

Paxton Boys

white vigilantes, raided peaceful Indians in Pennsy.

Deism

religion with 'clockmaker' God; based on Enlightenment

Valley Forge, Pennsy.

U.S. army endures harsh winter here, 1777-78

Albany, N.Y.

colonists, Indians meet to discuss unified defense

Concord, Mass.

skirmish here started the Revolutionary War

Philadelphia, Pennsy.

meeting place of both Continental Congresses

Bunker Hill, Mass.

patriots first prove they can stand up to Brit troops

Trenton, N.J.

Washington surprises snoring Hessians on Dec. 26

Fort Stanwix

patriot victory thwarts St. Leger in upstate NY

Lexington, Mass.

Brits march to seize arms here in April, 1775

Camden, S.C.

patriots panic, run under Cornwallis' attack

Virginia

Stamp Act Resolves passed by legislature here