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55 matches to American Revolution
Kickapoo Indians. North America midwest warriors. Fought Americans in American Revolution, War of 1812, Black Hawk War. Resettled in Kansas.
Kosciusko, Tadeusz. 1746-1817. Polish. Led Rebellion 1794-7 vs occupiers. 3rd Partition of Poland. American Revolution war officer.
Lafayette. 1757-1834. French revolutionary general and political leader in American Revolution, 1776, French Revolutions, 1789, 1830.
Lexington and Concord, Battle. 1775. First American Revolution battle. British march on Concord supply depot. Established guerilla warfare as colonist strategy. 273 British, 95 Americans killed. Paul Revere.
Minutemen. American Revolution soldiers pledged to take the field on a minute’s notice.
North, Frederick. 1732-92. English Prime Minister during American Revolution.
Paris, Treaties. 1229 Ends Albigensian Crusade. Louis gains Toulouse. 1327. England loses territory to France. 1763 Ends Seven Years War. Britain gets French holdings in Canada. Spain gets American territory. 1783 Ends American Revolution. US borders fixed. 1814 Ends Napoleonic Wars, restoring 1792 borders. Napoleon exiled to Elba. 1815 Ends Hundred Days. 1790 borders, reparations. Napoleon to St. Helena. 1856 Ends Crimean War. Black Sea neutral. Regulated Laws of High Seas. 1898 Ends Spanish American War. Spain cedes Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico to US. 1947. Settled European borders after WWII.
Pickens, Andrew. 1739-1817. American Revolutionary. Captured Atlanta.
Quebec Act. 1774. Britain creates permanent government for Canada. Tolerance for French Canadians a cause of American Revolution. Intolerable Acts.
Quebec Campaign. 1775-6. American revolutionaries take Montreal. Fail to take Quebec.
Randolph, Peyton. 1721-75. American Revolutionary, first president of Continental Congress 1774.
Revere, Paul. 1735-1818. Silversmith. American Revolution hero. 1775 Midnight ride warned militia of British troops marching on Concord.
Revolutionary War. American Revolution.
Rochambeau, Comte de. 1725-1807. French commander, aided in American Revolution.
Rodney, George. 1718-92. British admiral. Seven Years War. American Revolution.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. 1712-78. Swiss Enlightenment philosopher and writer. Began Romantic Movement. Stimulated French and American Revolutions. On Equality 1753. Social Contract 1762 influenced French Revolution (offended authorities), Confessions 1782. Man is prevented from being free only by society and cold science. Goodness and bounty of nature. Goodness of man. Advocates direct democracy at City-State level and dictatorship above. Sovereignty rests with people. General will aims at best for all.
Salomon, Haym. 1740-85. Main financial backer of American Revolution.
Saratoga, Battle. 1777. American victory, turning point in American Revolution.
Shot Heard Around the World. 1775. Battle of Lexington and Concord beginning American Revolution.
Stamp Act. 1765. British tax on newspapers and legal documents. A cause of American Revolution. Stamp Act Congress.
Stamp Act Congress. 1765. Issued Declaration of Rights and Grievances vs “taxation without representation”. American Revolution.
Steuben, Baron von. 1730-94. Prussian general. Trained, organized American Revolution army 1778-.
Sugar Act. 1764. British law to end sugar smuggling. A cause of American Revolution.
Tory. Term (Irish = outlaw) applied 1679 to Duke of York supporters. English Royalist political party 1690-1830, refounded as Conservative Party 1833. In US: =colonists loyal to Britain during American Revolution.
United Empire Loyalists. 18C. Colonists who supported Britain during American Revolution, went to Canada.