Everything in this flashcard set.
- revolution
- A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving
- colony
- A body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
- militia
- Civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
- John Hancock
- American revolutionary patriot who was president of the Continental Congress
- Paul Revere
- American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride to warn the colonists in Lexington
- Betsy Ross
- American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington
- Delaware
- One of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Pennsylvania
- A Mid-Atlantic state
- New Jersey
- One of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Georgia
- A state in southeastern United States
- Connecticut
- A river in the northeastern United States
- Massachusetts
- One of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Maryland
- A Mid-Atlantic state
- South Carolina
- One of the British colonies that formed the United States
- New Hampshire
- A state in ___ England
- Virginia
- A state in the eastern United States
- New York
- The largest city in ___ ___ State and in the United States
- North Carolina
- A state in southeastern United States
- Rhode Island
- One of the British colonies that formed the United States
- Boston
- State capital and largest city of Massachusetts
- United States
- North American republic containing 50 ___ - 48 conterminous ___ in North America plus Alaska
- war
- Armed fighting between countries
- England
- Country in the UK whose capital is London
- flag
- Emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design