2.2 Major Events of the American Revolution

American victory that convinced France to join the war

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Trenton

American naval officer known for his victories

• John Paul Jones

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

Colonial leader who defended British soldiers after the Boston Massacre

• Samuel Adams

• John Hancock

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

Patriot who rode to warn of British advance

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Turning point of the American Revolution

• Battle of Saratoga

• Battle of Bunker Hill

• Battle of Yorktown

• Battle of Lexington and Concord

Treaty that ended the American Revolution

• Treaty of Paris (1783)

• Treaty of Versailles (1919)

• Treaty of Ghent (1814)

• Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)

Patriot woman who made the first American flag

• Betsy Ross

• Martha Washington

• Abigail Adams

• Dolley Madison

First martyr of the American Revolution

• Crispus Attucks

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

Act that required colonists to house British soldiers

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Document that formally declared independence

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation