John Adams

Benjamin Franklin

General Cornwallis

George Washington

John Adams

Samuel Adams

Thomas Jefferson

George Washington

France enters into a treaty with the United States.

Thomas Jefferson writes the Declaration of Independence.

Britain gives up the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

The Second Continental Congress writes the Articles of Confederation.

The British would keep Florida.

Loyalists would be treated fairly.

The Mississippi River could be used by both the United States and Britain.

Britain would recognize the United States as a free and independent nation.

The British Parliament passes the Intolerable Acts.

The colonists welcome British soldiers into their homes.

The United States claims new territory to use for expansion.

George Washington crosses the Delaware River to attack the British.

Winter at Valley Forge

The Siege of Yorktown

The Battles of Saratoga

The Battle at Bunker Hill

the British surrender

the Battle of Bunker Hill

the “shot heard round the world”

Washington crossing the Delaware River

the threat of British invasion

the need to expand westward

the realities of the American Revolution

Washington’s leadership during the Revolution