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People (16)
Abigail Adams
First Lady, political advisor, and the founding era's most insistent voice for women's rights
Benedict Arnold
Revolutionary War hero turned traitor, 1741–1801
George Washington
Commander of the Continental Army and First President of the United States
John Adams
Second President of the United States, 1797–1801
John Hancock
President of the Continental Congress and the bold first signer of the Declaration
Martha Washington
The first First Lady — a wealthy widow who built the presidency alongside her husband
Nathan Hale
Continental Army Spy and American Martyr, 1776
Nathanael Greene
Self-taught general who drove the British from the American South
Patrick Henry
The orator whose words gave the American Revolution its voice
Paul Revere
Boston silversmith and the most famous midnight rider of the American Revolution
Richard Henry Lee
The Virginian who moved the resolution for independence in 1776
Robert R. Livingston
The Committee of Five member who helped draft the Declaration — and later bought Louisiana
Roger Sherman
The only person to sign all four of the great founding documents
Samuel Adams
Founding Father, master agitator, and the man who made revolution seem inevitable
The Marquis de Lafayette
The young French aristocrat who became a hero of the American Revolution
Thomas Paine
The radical pamphleteer who talked a continent into revolution
Places (8)
Boston
Birthplace of the American Revolution and one of the republic's oldest cities
Independence Hall
The Philadelphia building where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were signed
Massachusetts
Cradle of the American Revolution and of American intellectual life
Pennsylvania
Birthplace of American government and site of the war's turning point
Philadelphia
The city where American independence and the Constitution were forged
The Liberty Bell
The cracked Philadelphia bell that became an emblem of freedom
Valley Forge
The Pennsylvania encampment where the Continental Army survived its darkest winter
Virginia
The oldest English colony and the birthplace of American leadership
Eras (1)
Revolutionary Era
The 25 years that broke from Britain and built a republic, 1775–1800
Events (18)
Battle of Brandywine
The defeat that opened the road to Philadelphia, 1777
Battle of Bunker Hill
The 1775 bloodbath that proved American militiamen could stand against British regulars
Battle of Cowpens
Daniel Morgan's masterpiece, January 1781
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
The victory that cost Cornwallis his army, 1781
Battle of Kings Mountain
The backcountry victory that turned the Southern war, 1780
Battle of Lexington and Concord
The First Shots of the American Revolution, April 1775
Battle of Long Island
The largest battle of the Revolution — and a narrow escape, 1776
Battle of Monmouth
The army that came out of Valley Forge, 1778
Battle of Princeton
Washington's second strike in ten days, January 1777
Battle of Saratoga
The 1777 American victory that brought France into the Revolutionary War
Battle of Trenton
Washington's Christmas Crossing and the Revolution's Turning Point
Battle of Yorktown
The 1781 siege that ended the Revolutionary War and secured American independence
Boston Massacre
The 1770 Street Confrontation That Ignited a Revolution
Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
The Revolution's first offensive victory, May 1775
Continental Congress
The revolutionary assembly that declared independence, fought a war, and built a nation
Independence Day
The Fourth of July, the birthday of the United States
The American Revolution
The colonial war of independence that created the United States, 1775–1783
The Boston Tea Party
The 1773 harbor protest that pushed the colonies toward revolution
Documents (7)
Common Sense
Thomas Paine's 1776 pamphlet that made independence a popular cause
Declaration of Independence
The 1776 founding document asserting American independence and natural rights
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
Patrick Henry's call to arms, 1775
Stamp Act
The 1765 British tax that turned colonial discontent into revolutionary purpose
Tea Act
The 1773 law that provoked the Boston Tea Party and made revolution inevitable
Third Amendment
The near-forgotten ban on quartering soldiers in private homes
Treaty of Paris (1783)
The agreement that ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence
Concepts (3)
The Minutemen
The citizen-soldiers who answered the alarm at a minute's notice
U.S.–Britain Relations
From the empire America rebelled against to its closest ally — two centuries from war to the "special relationship"
U.S.–France Relations
The ally that won America its independence, sold it a third of a continent, and gave it the Statue of Liberty
Organizations (1)
The Sons of Liberty
The secret agitators who lit the fuse of the American Revolution, 1765
Symbols (1)
The American Flag
The Stars and Stripes, from the 1777 Flag Resolution to Old Glory
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