American Revolution

2. natural barrier that prevented easy westward movement and settlement
4. organized a unified response to the Intolerable Acts and coordinate boycotts
7. early American figure wrote letters to her husband, John Adams, urging him to “Remember the ladies”
10. General and Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
12. protest against British taxes on tea that demonstrated colonial resistance
14. harsh winter, George Washington’s main concern Ensuring the Continental Army survived

1. author of the pamphlet Common Sense, which encouraged American colonists to seek independence from Britain
3. 3 basic rights that all people are born with and that cannot be taken away
5. American naval officer, known as the "Father of the U.S. Navy,"
6. rights that helped to defeat tyranny
8. officially ended the War following General Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown
9. event convinced France to form an alliance with the United States during the Revolutionary War
11. led colonist to organize boycotts of British goods
13. Parliament passed to raise revenue to help pay for British debts from the French and Indian War