Author of common sense
Thomas Paine
what did "common sense" state?
Argued not Kings and Queens should make laws
What is a gathering of delegates from throughout the colonies?
Continental Congress
Members of the civilian volunteer militia. (Ready in minute)
minutemen
Redcoats
the British soldiers wearing red uniforms.
May 1775 delegates from 12 colonies met in Philildalphia.
second continetal congress
contintal army
military force would carry out the fight against Britain
proved the colonist could take on the British
battle of bunker hill
Declaration of Independence
formally announced the colonies' break from great Britian
patriots
colonist who fight for independence
loyalist
or tories- were those who remained loyal to Great Britain
foreign soldiers who fought not out of loyalty but for pay
mercenaries
an important patriot victory
battle of trenton
Battle of Saratoga
in New York was the greatest victory yet for the American forces
Marquis de Lafayette
A young French nobel man that declared "The welfare of America
is closely bound up with the welfare of mankind
The governor of Spanish Louisiana became a key ally to the Patriots.
Bernardo de Galvez
John Paul Jones
I have not yet begun to fight
know as Swamp Fox and known for guerrilla warfare (hit and run attack)
Francis Marion
the last major battle of the American Revolution.
Battle of Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
Great Britain recognize the independence of the United States.
three things that happened at the first Continental Congress
stopped all trade with Britain
alerted colonial militias to prepare for war
drafted a Declaration of Rights
three things that happened at the second Continetal Congress
Washington prepared for war
signed the olive branch petition
declared the Massachusetts militia to be the Continental Army