A: Colonial Period and Independence
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Freedom
Political liberty
Religious freedom
Economic opportunity
Escape persecution
American Indians
Native Americans
Africans
People from Africa
American Revolution
The (American) Revolutionary War
War for (American) Independence
High taxes
Taxation without representation
British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering)
They did not have self-government
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party (Tea Act)
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Acts
Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
- (Thomas) Jefferson
- July 4, 1776
(Battle of) Bunker Hill
Declaration of Independence
Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton)
(Battle of) Saratoga
Valley Forge (Encampment)
(Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
- (U.S.) Constitution
(James) Madison
(Alexander) Hamilton
(John) Jay
Publius
They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution.
They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.
Founded the first free public libraries
First Postmaster General of the United States
Helped write the Declaration of Independence
Inventor
U.S. diplomat
“Father of Our Country”
First president of the United States
General of the Continental Army
President of the Constitutional Convention
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Third president of the United States
Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
First Secretary of State
Founded the University of Virginia
Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
“Father of the Constitution”
Fourth president of the United States
President during the War of 1812
One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
First Secretary of the Treasury
One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
Helped establish the First Bank of the United States
Aide to General George Washington
Member of the Continental Congress