3. Revolutionary War/American Revolution

Declaration of Independence

• Created all laws for America

• Detailed the arguments for American independence & included a list of ways the king had violated American rights.

• Also known as the Articles of Confederation

Committee of Five (Thomas Jefferson)

• The 5 main authors of the Declaration of Independence

• The male spies of the Revolutionary War

• The 5 men who convinced France to join the war on the colonist's side

Philosopher who created the idea of natural rights (life, liberty, property). Jefferson borrowed his ideas for the Dec. of Ind.

• Samuel Adams

• John Adams

• John Locke

Idea that governments get their power from the people they govern & that people should overthrow bad governments & replace them with good ones.

• Natural Rights

• Inalienable Rights

• Social Contract theory

Commander & chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

• John Adams

• George Washington

• George Cornwallis

When Washington snuck his army across the Delaware River in the middle of the night Christmas of 1776 & won an important battle in the surprise attack.

• Battle of Trenton

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Valley Forge

Where Washington & his men spent the Winter of 1777. The conditions were very harsh, but the army trained enough to become a strong fighting force.

• Valley Forge

• Battle of Saratoga

• Surrender at Yorktown

A Prussian military officer who helped train the American troops at Valley forge.

• Baron Von Steuben

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Cornwallis

A Frenchman who assisted the Americans during the Revolutionary War.

• George Cornwallis

• Marquis de Lafayette

• John Lincoln

British general who was in charge of fighting the Americans in the southern colonies.

• Marquis de Lafayette

• George Cornwallis

• George Washington