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sam adams
he was a tax colector as well was delegate to the first continental congress. -
martha custis washington
was married to george ewashinton after her first husband name danial -
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Pual Revere
Paul Revere is a man who was comittited by Boston to ride up to Massachutets. -
John adams
Samuel Adams and John Adams could be considered almost as syninims towards each other. -
Thomas Paine
he srpead the word around to farmers and high class people so that more people would be awhare of what was happening around them. -
Lord Cornwallis
he camne to america with the status of being a general. he came to america two years after the Revelution started and also took part in The Battle of Yorktown. -
Benedict Arnold
He was a very wealthy man once he grew up but as a kid he was with drawn from school becuse him and his family had no money. -
thomas jefferson
had very large achiements such as being fluent in5 languages and could write three. he also wrote over sixteen thousand letters. -
abigail adams
married john adams and took part in his life -
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The French and Indian War (Seven year War)
The French and Indian War was started to take power away from Fredirick the Great. The tension in the small war lead to the begening of the revelutionary war. This war lastesed for seven years, thats how it got its niockname as "The Seven Year War." -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was what ended the seven year war and brought a celebration to colonies. -
Proclamation
The Proclamation was part of a celebration after the Seven Year War ended.The Proclamation was also a result to define new colonies. It helped define four specific collonies. -
The Sugar Act
This act was also titled "The American Revenue Act of 1764." This act was a part of the Molasses act, this act was about to expire so the colonies had to pay a tax of 6 pence per gallon of the impoted foriegn Molasses. The tax on molasses cuased an alomst immidiete decline in the rum industry for rum. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first attempt towards govermental controlment over colonies. A man apply official duties for stamps as well as certain dates. -
sons of liberty
Help with preporation for the Stamp Act. -
Townshed Acts
The Townshed acts where taxes on many of the recorces. These taxes raised a lot of money as well as took part in the Stamp Act of applying govermental things to the colonies. -
Boston Masssacre
The Boston Masscre was a street fight that happebned between a "patriot" with snowballs, rocks, and sticks getting thrown towards one another! -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable acts was the goverment apply taxes that where too high and took money and loot from colonies to let it spoil.The ghoverment needed the money to get Massachutesets and this started the begening of the Boston Massacre. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was taken in a place where tea was very popular as well as the American colonies not taking such a big part in the Townshed Acts. -
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1st Continental Congress
All of the colonies except for Georgia sent delegates. -
loyalists
ll the poeple who stayed true to the British Empire while the war was going on. -
patriots
the people who had alterative but independence. -
Lexington and Concord
General Gage had a secrect plan by wich he would send his men into another collonie at certain hours to get his men on the inside. -
Declaration of Indapendence
When the Unuted States earned there indapendence and are now celebrated with Fireworks and other dangerous explosions -
Battle of Saratoga
General John Burgotne surrendered after loosing 86 percent of his men in the battle! -
Quartering Act of 1774
In case barracks have been provided sufficiant for the quartering of soldiers and officers within all towns and colonies. -
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Battle of Yorktown
George Washington sent troops to fight Lord Charels Cornwallis, this started a fight not big enough to call a war but named a battle. -
George Washington
George washington was the man who was elected as our first president and took a big part in hte war. -
hessians
also stood for "free agent" (couldnt find date)