Lexington
First battle of revolutionary war
Concord
Shot heard 'round the world
Saratoga
Turning point,boosted morale,French Ally
Valley Forge
Short on supplies,Baron Von Steuben
Yorktown
Surrounded British until Cornwallis surrendered
Treaty of Paris 1783
Recognized as nation& new borders
Loyalist
Loyal to Britain
Neutralist
Neither side
Patriot
Against Britain
Boycott
Not buy
Princeton&Trenton
Surprise attack on Hessians
John Smith
Founded Jamestown
John Rolfe and Pocahontas
Grew tobacco and got married to Pocahontas
William Bradford
Born in England and elected governer
Roger Williams
Founded Maryland for religious freedom
Anne Hutchinson
Co-founder of Rhode Island
Thomas Hooker
Father of Democracy
Charles De Montesquieu
Supports slavery but believes in democracy
John Locke
Born in England and top in class but was also a puritan
William Blackstone
Was often a failure but was good with laws
Mercantilism
For England to benefit
The First Great Awakening
Colonists becoming more religious
The Enlightenment
When many different topics were beginning to advance
House of Burgesses
Democratic assembly in Jamestown
Haym Saloman
Financed the American Revolution
James Armistead
Spy for Layafette and born into slavery
Bernardo de Galvez
Spanish governer and helped 13 colonies in war
Marquis de Layafette
Major General who was rich and wrote letters to famous people
Thomas Paine
Escaped execution and wrote his book in prison
Wentworth Cheswell
Messenger through the colonies
George Washington
Led the war, and was born in Virginia