3837450333 | Battle of Lexington and Concord | Known as the "shot heard around the world" | ![]() | 0 |
3837452818 | Minutemen | Ready to fight at a minute's notice | ![]() | 1 |
3837456422 | Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill | Americans were forced to surrender when they ran out of gunpowder; the British attacked them three times | ![]() | 2 |
3837458049 | Battle of Charleston | British attacked by blockading the harbor and cutting off American colonists supplies | ![]() | 3 |
3837466721 | Declaration of Independence | Document written by Thomas Jefferson that reflected four major ideas. | ![]() | 4 |
3837468489 | Battle of Cowpens | Partisan forces led the attack by tricking the British into thinking that the Americans were retreating and they were attacked. | ![]() | 5 |
3837470672 | Battle of Yorktown | Final battle of the war; American colonists won with the help of the French navy by blocking the British on land and sea | ![]() | 6 |
3837476084 | Samuel Adams | Most "dangerous man" in Boston. Leader of the Sons of Liberty | ![]() | 7 |
3837476758 | Thomas Paine | Wrote a pamphlet called "Common Sense" | ![]() | 8 |
3837478071 | George Washington | Commander-in-chief at the start of the American Revolution (1st President) | ![]() | 9 |
3837479231 | John Adams | Signed the Treaty of Paris along with Benjamin Franklin (2nd President) | ![]() | 10 |
3837482068 | Thomas Jefferson | Major writer of the DOI (3rd President) | ![]() | 11 |
3837483627 | Patrick Henry | Said "Give me Liberty or Give me Death!" | ![]() | 12 |
3837485175 | Benjamin Franklin | Helped formed alliances with France. Smart Man | ![]() | 13 |
3837487094 | John Hancock | Was the first to sign the DOI nice and big so the British could see it | ![]() | 14 |
3837488113 | Marquis De Lafayette | French soldier that fought on the side of the Continental Army during the American Revolution | ![]() | 15 |
3837490152 | Redcoats | British | ![]() | 16 |
3837490805 | Patriots | American colonists | ![]() | 17 |
3837491618 | King George III | Responsible for taxing the colonists and was very stubborn | ![]() | 18 |
3838751288 | Battle of Saratoga | Known as the "turning point" of the war. American colonists won with the help of the French | ![]() | 19 |
3838754696 | General Cornwallis | British Army general | ![]() | 20 |
3838756774 | General Washington | Continental Army general | ![]() | 21 |
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