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People (17)

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

Emilio Aguinaldo

The first president of the Philippine Republic, ally then adversary of the United States

George Washington

Commander of the Continental Army and First President of the United States

Second President of the United States, 1797–1801

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

Continental Army Spy and American Martyr, 1776

Nathanael Greene

Self-taught general who drove the British from the American South

The orator whose words gave the American Revolution its voice

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

The only person to sign all four of the great founding documents

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

The radical pamphleteer who talked a continent into revolution

Places (8)

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

Cradle of the American Revolution and of American intellectual life

Birthplace of American government and site of the war's turning point

The city where American independence and the Constitution were forged

The Liberty Bell

The cracked Philadelphia bell that became an emblem of freedom

The Pennsylvania encampment where the Continental Army survived its darkest winter

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 (19)

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

The First Continental Congress

Twelve colonies meet at Carpenters' Hall, 1774

Documents (9)

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

The 1765 British tax that turned colonial discontent into revolutionary purpose

The 1773 law that provoked the Boston Tea Party and made revolution inevitable

The Olive Branch Petition

A last appeal to George III, July 1775

The Suffolk Resolves

Massachusetts declares the Coercive Acts void, September 1774

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 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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