American Revolution

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Olive Branch Petition

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adopted by the Continental Congress in July 1775 in an attempt to avoid a full-blown war with Great Britain.

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Prohibitory Act

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1775 was passed as a measure of retaliation by Great Britain against the general rebellion then going on in her American colonies, which became known as the American Revolutionary War

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Common Sense

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pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. It was first published anonymously on January 10, 1776, during the American Revolution.

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Declaration of Independence

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statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced the colonies independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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was the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence

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George Mason

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American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention.

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Continental Congress

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Convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution

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Articles of Confederation

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first constitution of what is now known as the United States of America and specified how the national government was set up

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George Washington

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obvious founding father and first president

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Bunker Hill

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June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War

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General Thomas Gage

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British general, best known for his role in the early days of the American War of Independence.

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Hessians

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eighteenth-century German regiments hired through their rulers by the British Empire.

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Lord Cornwallis

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British General and colonial governor Charles Cornwallis was born on Dec. 31, 1738, and died on Oct. 5, 1805

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Nathanael Greene

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major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War.

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John Adams

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American statesman, diplomat and political theorist.

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John Jay

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American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States,

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Treaty of Paris

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formally ended the Revolutionary War gave formal recognition to the United States, established boundaries

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Women during war time

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During the American Revolution thousands of women took an active role in both the American and British armies. Most were the wives or daughters of officers or soldiers

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Abigail Adams

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wife of John Adams, who was the second President of the United States

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Civic Virtue

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moral underpinning of how a citizen behaves and is involved in society.

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Ordinance of 1784

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The Ordinance of 1784 was an early effort by the government of the newly formed United States to deal with the territory north and west of the Ohio River.

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North West Ordinance

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opened up vast western land areas to development by the United States, accelerating the country's westward expansion.

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Shay's Rebellion

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armed uprising in central and western Massachusetts (mainly Springfield) from 1786 to 1787.