US History - American Revolution Vocabulary Part 1

Wife of the second president of the United States, served as his confidant and support while he served in the Continental Congress. She reminded him not to forget to give the woman a voice in he new government.

• Martha Washington

• Abigail Adams

• Martha Stewart

• Phyllis Wheatley

lawyer and politician; defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre; a member of the Continental Congress (representing Massachusetts); strong supporter of independence

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

African American Patriot; like Paul Revere he made an all-night ride back from Boston to warn his community of the impending British invasion; served in the army and fought at the Battle of Saratoga

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• Wentworth Cheswell

• John Adams

played a role in many of the events which contributed to the Revolution including organized opposition to the Stamp Act, protests waged by the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Massacre

• Paul Revere

• John Adams

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

wife of a Massachusetts Patriot; anonymously wrote several propaganda pieces supporting the Patriot cause; wrote the first history of the American Revolutionary War based on notes she had taken

• Mercy Otis Warren

• Martha Washington

• Abigail Adams

• Phyllis Wheatley

Enslaved African American in Virginia; Marquis de Lafayette recruited him as a spy for the Continental Army. Posing as a double agent, forager and servant at British headquarters, he moved freely between the lines with vital information on British troop movements for Lafayette; contributed to the American victory at Yorktown

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Armistead

• Crispus Attucks

• Thomas Jefferson

a member of the committee which wrote the Declaration of Independence, but spent most of the period of the American Revolution in France. He represented the colonies as the American envoy starting in 1776 and remained until 1785. He negotiated the alliance with France and then the Treaty of Paris which ended the war.

• Benjamin Franklin

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

Spanish nobleman who became governor of the province of Louisiana (January, 1777), protected American ships in the port of New Orleans and helped transport war supplies, and took up arms and fought to protect Louisiana

• Crispus Attucks

• Haym Salomon

• Bernardo de Gálvez

• Thomas Jefferson

an African American man; became the first casualty of the American Revolution when he was shot and killed in what became known as the Boston Massacre

• Crispus Attucks

• Haym Salomon

• James Armistead

• Charles Barkley

feared that the loss of one group of colonies would lead to the loss of others and the eventual decline of the empire. To prevent this, the Crown maintained an aggressive policy against colonial resistance.

• King George I

• King George II

• King George III

• Queen Victoria