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Sam Adams was one of the founding fathers of America. He signed the Declaration of Independence.
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John Hancock was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. His signature stood for courage and bravery.
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Benedict Arnold was a general in the Revolutionary war. He was in the Battle of Saratoga and led the Americans through the turning point.
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Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Which Declared Independence from British rule and started the revolutionary war.
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The French and Indian war was a war between British American colonies and France. After the war Britain couldn't pay the war debts so they taxed the colonies leading to the Revolutionary war.
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Alexander Hamilton was one of the founding fathers. He defended the constitution and was very influential.
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The Proclamation said American colonies could not settle on land taken from the french which was after the French and Indian war. -
The Sugar Act was a way to help make money to pay of war debts. Britain taxed sugar and other imported goods. -
This act made it so that the colonies had to house the British soldiers there. -
The British passed the Stamp act as a way to help pay for troops in the colonies. The act made colonists pay a tax in the form of a stamp on papers and letters etc...
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The Boston Massacre was when British soldiers shot at a group of colonists killing five of them which angered the colonists. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against taxing without representation. Colonists were angry so they dumped a bunch of imported tea into the harbor. -
The First Continental Congress was when a person from twelve of the thirteen colonies came together to end British imports. -
The battles of Lexington and Concord started the Revolutionary war. -
The Declaration of Independence declares the independence of 13 colonies from British rule. Which started the revolutionary war. -
Hessians were soldiers from Germany to help Britain in the Revolutionary war. -
The Articles of Confederation were kind of like the first constitution. -
In 1778 France made a permanent alliance with the American colonies. France helped out the colonies with military and gunpowder during the Revolutionary war. -
The US Constitution was signed in 1787.The US Constitution is a founding that says the basic laws of the state.