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| Important entrepreneur, inventor, and founding father of the United States. Most significant were his contributions to the Declaration of Independence, effort in securing French Support, and aiding several compromises at the Constitutional Convention. |
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| A preeminent leader of the revolutionary period of American History serving as General of the Colonial army and later as the first President of the United States. |
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| A French Soldier who joined the colonies in the Revolutionary War. He served on Washington's staff and was a key strategist in the Battle of Yorktown |
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| Crossing the Delaware River |
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| On Christmas night 1776, Washington led troops across the Delaware River to defeat a group of Hessian troops fighting for the British. The victory was extremely important for troop morale and to prove the Colonial army was capable of defeating European |
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| Location of the Colonial Army encampment in the winter of 1777. The harsh conditions and fierce training during this time brought the colonial army closer and more unified. |
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| General Charles Cornwallis |
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| British commander during the Revolutionary War. |
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| Last major battle of the Revolutionary War that saw the British surrender to a combination of Colonial and French forces. |
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| Document that officially ended the Revolutionary War and officially recognized American Independence. |
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| A multi-stage event lasting from around 1789 through roughly 1795 that saw the upper classes and monarchy fall from power and be replaced, at least initially, by a constitutional republic. |
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| The uprising of the French colony of Saint Dominique (modern Haiti) against France spurred by the failure of France to give the island any official say in French government and enforcing strict mercantilist practices |
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