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John Locke
He was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. -
Minutemen
Minutemen were civilian colonists who independently organized to form well-prepared militia companies self-trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies. They were among the first to fight in the Revolutionary War. -
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Charles Montesquieu
He was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher. -
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Sam Adams
He was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
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Martha Washington
She was the wife of George Washington. She's considered to be the first First Lady. -
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George Washington
He was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States and a Founding Father of the United States. -
Sugar and Molasses Act
This act was a tax on imports of molasses from non-English colonies. -
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Paul Revere
He was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. -
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John Adams
He was an American patriot who served as the second President of the United States and the first Vice President. -
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John Hancock
He was an American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He also was the president of the Second Continental Congress and Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. -
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Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected to the British Army. -
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Thomas Jefferson
An American founding father and third president of the United States. Helped write the Declaration of Independence. -
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Abigail Adams
She was Abigail the closest advisor and wife of John Adams, as well as the mother of John Quincy Adams. -
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French and Indian War
This war pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
This Proclamation forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
Currency Act
This act is any of several Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America. -
Stamp Act
This was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Quartering Act
This is a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations and housing. -
Declaratory Act
This declaration by the British Parliament accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. It said the British Parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
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Townshend Review Act
This act imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
This was an incident by the British where they shot and killed people while being attacked by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts to protest British Parliament's tax on tea by throwing all the tea into the harbor. -
Boston Port Act
This act was designed to punish the inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts for the incident that would become known as the Boston Tea Party. -
Administration of Justice Act
This act was aimed at protecting British officials charged with capital offenses during law enforcement by allowing them to go to England or another colony for trial. -
Massachusetts Government Act
This act effectively abrogated the Massachusetts Charter of 1691 of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and gave its royally-appointed governor wide-ranging powers. -
Quebec Act
This act instituted a permanent administration in Canada replacing the temporary government created at the time of the Proclamation of 1763. -
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First Continental Congress
This was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. -
"Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death" Speech
This is a speech made by Patrick Henry to the Second Virginia Convention. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
This war was fought during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
This is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with the Kingdom of Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states. -
Second Continental Congress
It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met in Philadelphia. It managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence, adopting the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
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Hessians
Hessians were the 18th century German auxiliaries contracted for military service by the British government. -
French Alliance
This was the 1778 alliance between the Kingdom of France and the United States during the American Revolutionary War. -
Articles of Confederation
This was the first constitution of the United States. -
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Siege of Yorktown
This was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau. -
Treaty of Paris
It was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America and ended the American Revolutionary War. -
US Constitution signed
It was written during the Philadelphia Convention—now known as the Constitutional Convention.