Levi Mutter
Chapter 8 – America Secedes from the Empire
Key Names, Events, and Terms
Minutemen – Militiamen who were patriots and willing to fight for freedom in America, but were not well trained.
Second Continental Congress – Another Continental Congress in which most important decision was probably to make George Washington the leader of the army besieging Boston.
Ethan Allen – One of the leaders who captured British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1775.
Benedict Arnold – The other leader who captured British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point using a surprise attack.
Bunker Hill/Breeds Hill – Battle that took place in Boston that involved heavy losses of the British due to poor planning involving the British making a …show more content…
Thomas Paine – Writer of Common Sense who used to be a corset maker’s apprentice but moved to America.
Republicanism – The idea that the government’s power came from its people.
Richard Henry Lee – Virginian who stated that “The United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states”.
Thomas Jefferson – Virginian who wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was formally approved by the congress on July 4, 1776.
Declaration of Independence – Declaration that stated the rights which every human needs, as well as a long list of the tyrannous misleads of George III.
Loyalists/Tories – People who were on the side of the British, who believed America shouldn’t be independent. They were seen as traitors after the Declaration of Independence.
Patriots/Whigs – People who believed America should be independent from Britain and were willing to fight for freedom.
Samuel Adams – Patriot who was a founding father of the United States as well as a
Chapter 8 – America Secedes from the Empire
Key Names, Events, and Terms
Minutemen – Militiamen who were patriots and willing to fight for freedom in America, but were not well trained.
Second Continental Congress – Another Continental Congress in which most important decision was probably to make George Washington the leader of the army besieging Boston.
Ethan Allen – One of the leaders who captured British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point in 1775.
Benedict Arnold – The other leader who captured British garrisons at Ticonderoga and Crown Point using a surprise attack.
Bunker Hill/Breeds Hill – Battle that took place in Boston that involved heavy losses of the British due to poor planning involving the British making a …show more content…
Thomas Paine – Writer of Common Sense who used to be a corset maker’s apprentice but moved to America.
Republicanism – The idea that the government’s power came from its people.
Richard Henry Lee – Virginian who stated that “The United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states”.
Thomas Jefferson – Virginian who wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was formally approved by the congress on July 4, 1776.
Declaration of Independence – Declaration that stated the rights which every human needs, as well as a long list of the tyrannous misleads of George III.
Loyalists/Tories – People who were on the side of the British, who believed America shouldn’t be independent. They were seen as traitors after the Declaration of Independence.
Patriots/Whigs – People who believed America should be independent from Britain and were willing to fight for freedom.
Samuel Adams – Patriot who was a founding father of the United States as well as a