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| 11207827758 | Sentiment Distribution | 1/3 favored independence, 1/3 loyalist, 1/3 didn't care | 0 | |
| 11207827759 | Continental Army | With all eligible men forced to join the army, the Continental Army, who had initially not been funded, became a powerful force for nationalist sentiment | 1 | |
| 11207827760 | Camp Followers | Women who traveled with men as prostitutes, wives, cooks, nurses, etc | 2 | |
| 11207827761 | Molly Pitcher | Mary Ludwig Hayes, brought water to soldiers at Monmouth | 3 | |
| 11207827762 | Loyalist Strongholds | Mostly in major port cities. Also very strong in New York, Georgia, and Pennsylvania | 4 | |
| 11207827763 | Bill of Attainder | A legal process (later made illegal by the United States Constitution) by which those who refused to swear allegiance to the Patriot cause lost their civil rights as well as their property. | 5 | |
| 11207827764 | Tarring and Feathering | A form of torture performed by Patriots on Loyalists. The colonists would tar and feather tax collectors in order to humiliate and embarrass them. | 6 | |
| 11207827765 | Grand Tory Ride | Crowds haul loyalist victims astride while attached to a sharp fence railing | 7 | |
| 11207827766 | Benedict Arnold | Early Revolution American war hero, but angry about rank. Becomes paid informer, tries to give away West Point. Flees and becomes general in British Army. Synonymous with treason, people hated him. | 8 | |
| 11207827767 | Tories | Another name for Loyalists | 9 | |
| 11207827768 | General Henry Clinton | He replaced General William Howe as Commander-in-Chief of British forces in the American Revolution. Benedict arnold worked for him. | 10 | |
| 11207827769 | Sir William Howe | British general who captured New York City in 1776 when trying to block New England from the colonies in order to cut off the heart of the rebellion. | 11 | |
| 11207827770 | Valley Forge, Pennsylvania | Where the American army spent a harsh winter in 1778. | 12 | |
| 11207827771 | Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steben | Prussian officer who drills soldiers to fight as a unit, where they first identify as Americans | 13 | |
| 11207827772 | Battle of Long Island | The first battle after the US declares Independence, it was a very large battle where Britain gains control of New York, forcing Patriots to flee to New Jersey | 14 | |
| 11207827773 | American War Strategy | Prioritized Defense | 15 | |
| 11207827774 | Hessian Forces | Approximately 30,000 German troops hired by the British to help fight during the American Revolution. | 16 | |
| 11207827775 | George Washington's Crossing of the Delaware on Christmas | First move in the Battle of Trenton | 17 | |
| 11207827776 | Battle of Trenton | 1776 - A surprise attack by George Washington against the Hessian forces, forcing the British back to New York | 18 | |
| 11207827777 | Battle of Monmouth | 1778 - A very hot summer battle fought in New Jersey that led to a stalemate between the British and Americans. | 19 | |
| 11207827778 | General John Burgoyne | British general who easily took over Fort Ticonderoga, but surrendered at Saratoga | 20 | |
| 11207827779 | Battle of Saratoga | 1777 - Turning point in the war that showed Washington's army could defeat a large British army, convincing the French to join and support America | 21 | |
| 11207827780 | General Horatio Gates | Patriot general who led his forces to victory over General Burgoyne in the Battle of Saratoga | 22 | |
| 11207827781 | Brandywine Creek | British victory that led to the British occupation of Philadelphia, forcing to Continental Congress to relocate. | 23 | |
| 11207827782 | Benjamin Franklin | Primary US ambassador to France | 24 | |
| 11207827783 | Comte de Vergennes | French Foreign Minister who agrees to support independence despite fears of the patriot's opposition to monarchies | 25 | |
| 11207827784 | Lord Fredrick North | New English Prime Minister who repealed the Townshed Acts | 26 | |
| 11207827785 | Spanish Motivation for Supporting the States | Had already been sending supplies through New Orleans, they saw the revolution as a chance to regain Florida and control of the Mississippi Valley. | 27 | |
| 11207827829 | Southern Strategy | 28 | ||
| 11207827786 | General Cornwallis | British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown | 29 | |
| 11207827787 | Battle of Yorktown | 1781 American victory in Virginia that forced the British to surrender | 30 | |
| 11207827788 | Joseph Brant | Mohawk chief who led many Iroquois to fight with Britain against American revolutionaries | 31 | |
| 11207827789 | Reason for Native Alliance with the British | Patriot victory would mean continued expansion | 32 | |
| 11207827790 | Scalp Buyer | Nickname for Colonel Henry Hamilton, who placed bounties on Patriots for Indians | 33 | |
| 11207827791 | Dunmore's War | War with the Shawnee Indians started by VA governor to take their land away. | 34 | |
| 11207827792 | Sentiment in the South | The British were very successful in the South, partly due to the numerical superiority of slaves, to whom the British promised slavery. However, Patriots regained control when General Cornwallis felt disarrayed by the multiple small battles of the Patriot hit and run strategy, leading to his withdrawal from North Carolina. | 35 | |
| 11207827793 | comte de Rochambeau | French General who uses fleets from the Caribbean to surround BR at Yorktown | 36 | |
| 11207827794 | Articles of Confederation | A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War, ratified in 1781 by the thirteen colonies. | 37 | |
| 11207827795 | Important Aspects of Articles of Confederation | - Forms a national assembly/congress where each state gets one vote - Annually selected delegates - Jurisdictional authority in disputes among states | 38 | |
| 11207827796 | Weakness of Articles of Confederation | - Had trouble passing laws because of 9/13 majority definition - Stagnant document, needed unanimous vote for amendments - Can't collect taxes - No courts | 39 | |
| 11207827797 | Articles of Confederation Ratification Delay | Maryland refused to ratify until the states with western claims ceded them | 40 | |
| 11207827798 | Economy After the War | Needed money to pay foreign loans, and as some states resorted to printing money to meet higher state taxes, continental currency depreciated heavily and the economy became inflated | 41 | |
| 11207827799 | Treaty of Paris of 1873 | Series of separate agreements among the united States, Britain, France, and Spain | 42 | |
| 11207827800 | Robert Morris | Wealthy merchant and later Secretary of Finance who ended the circulation of Continental Currency and charters the Bank of North America in Philadelphia | 43 | |
| 11207827801 | Demobilization Problems for Soldiers | After the war, soldiers were not able to get their pay, leading to petitions and conflict. Took George Washington to urge Congress to pay bonuses. | 44 | |
| 11207827802 | John Jay | Responsible for negotiating for British troop withdrawal in the Northwest and access to New Orleans from Spain | 45 | |
| 11207827803 | Land Ordinance of 1785 | Provides survey and sale of western lands | 46 | |
| 11207827804 | Treaty of Fort Stanwix | Treaty signed by the U.S. and the pro-British Iroquois granting Ohio country to the Americans. | 47 | |
| 11207827805 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Legislation that provided for the orderly transformation of western territories into states. | 48 | |
| 11207827806 | Northwest Territories | Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin | 49 | |
| 11207827807 | Arthur St. Clair | The first governor of the Northwest Territory | 50 | |
| 11207827808 | Little Turtle | Chieftain of the Miami tribe who led Native Americans in defeating American troops over control over Ohio in 1790 | 51 | |
| 11207827809 | The People the Best Governors | (Whigs) Anonymous pamphlet insinuating that every free man should be eligible to vote and hold office. | 52 | |
| 11207827810 | Majority Tyranny | Suppression of the rights and liberties of a minority by the majority. Whigs were prone to this. | 53 | |
| 11207827811 | Unthinking Many | What conservatives used to describe whig idea of majority, thinking although they were the majority, they did not know what was best for them. | 54 | |
| 11207827812 | Pennsylvania State Constitution | Democratic political extreme who wanted a unicameral assembly with an executive committee and judges who served at the will of the committee. | 55 | |
| 11207827813 | Maryland State Constitution | Conservative political extreme who wanted a lower/upper house, powerful governor, highly centralized government, and lifelong judges | 56 | |
| 11207827814 | New York State Constitution | Blend of democratic/conservative who wanted a lower house with property requirements, upper house represented by wealth, and governor with veto that could be overridden by 2/3 vote of houses | 57 | |
| 11207827815 | George Mason | Wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which called for all men having equal rights, sovereignty in the people, guaranteeing trail, free press, and free religion. Other states follow suit. | 58 | |
| 11207827816 | Bill Of Rights | 1. Free speech/religion/assembly/petition 2. Bear arms 3. No quartering of soldiers. 4. No unreasonable searches 5. Right to due-process 6. Rights of accused persons 7. Right of trial by jury in civil cases 8. Freedom from excessive bail/punishments 9. Other rights of the people 10. Powers reserved to the states | 59 | |
| 11207827817 | Significance of New Jersey State Constitution | Allowed all people with meeting property requirements to vote, including women. Later protested and removed to free white male citizens. | 60 | |
| 11207827818 | Law of Entails | Abolished by Thomas Jefferson, ending primogeniture (inheritance by firstborn son) | 61 | |
| 11207827819 | Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom | 1768 bill authored by Thomas Jefferson establishing religious freedom in Virginia. | 62 | |
| 11207827820 | Congregationalists | Puritans who wanted to reform the Anglican church from within | 63 | |
| 11207827821 | Anglicans | Belonged to church of England and came to America; "purified" version of Catholics | 64 | |
| 11207827822 | Gradual Emancipation | The child of two slaves would become free | 65 | |
| 11207827823 | African American Contradictions | Despite fighting for liberty, many were kept as slaves | 66 | |
| 11207827824 | Constitutional Convention | Convention that met in Philadelphia in 1787 and drafted the Constitution of the United States. | 67 | |
| 11207827825 | Benjamin Banneker | Black mathematician / astronomer who published a popular almaniac | 68 | |
| 11207827826 | Phyllis Wheatley | Wrote poems as a slave on different subjects like religion and morality. | 69 | |
| 11207827827 | Thomas Jefferson Social Engineering | Designed UVA with walls to block sight of slaves working, providing a facade of a slave-free learning environment. | 70 | |
| 11207827828 | Thomas Jefferson's Big Three Achievements | - Declaration of Independence - Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom - University of Virginia | 71 | |
| 11400362012 | Battle of Lexington | Known as the "shot heard around the world" | 72 |
