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John Locke (August 29,1632-October 28,1704)
John Locke had the idea of life, liberty, property, and how if the government failed to keep those, the citizens could overthrow the government. Thomas Jefferson took this into consideration when writing The Declaration of Independence. -
Sam Adams (September 27,1722-October 2, 1803)
Sam Adams had helped unite the American colonies when they were fighting for independence in the revolution by protesting about British taxation without representation. His views on independence and liberty also went into the writing of The Declaration of Independence. -
Paul Revere (January 1, 1735-May 10, 1818)
Paul Revere was part of The Boston Tea Party and he created a lantern system to warn if the British were going to invade. Heis famous "midnight ride" was on April 18, 1775, he went to Lexington to tell John Hancock and Sam Adams about the incoming British. -
John Hancock (January 23, 1737-October 8, 1793)
John Hancock was a leader in the American Revolutionary War, he signed the Declaration of Independence, was the governor of Massachusetts, and the president of the second continental congress. He used his wealth along with his influence to help America's journey for independence. -
Benedit Arnold (January 14, 1741-June 14, 1801)
Benedict Arnold started out fighting for the Amerian colonies, but he ended up feeling like all of the things he did were unrecognized so he switched sides in 1779 and fought for Britain. Some things he did for America was the surrender of John Burgoyne's army, and helping capture the British garrison of Ticonderoga. -
Thomas Jefferson (April 13,1743-July 4,1826)
Thomas Jefferson wrote The Declaration of Independence., and he had served in the continental congress during the American Revolution. -
French And Indian War (1754-1763)
The war was caused by who would get the new world's land. It was British vs. France. War was officially in play in 1756, the British won. However, for Britain to pay off all of their debt they passed the Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, and the Tea Act. Colonists didn't this was fair for them to pay taxes for no real reason, and their annoyance would lead to the revolution. -
Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757-July 12, 1804)
Alexander Hamilton fought in The American Revolution, he was the founder of Americas financial system, he had also helped draft the constitution. -
Proclamation of 1763
King George III, put out the proclamation to show off Britain's newly acclaimed power after winning the French And Indian War. Colonists were mad because in the proclamation stated that they were not allowed to settle in the Appalachian Mountains. The goal of making colonists more content was not achieved it just made them annoyed. -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was when British soldiers had to love in the American Colonies. The New York colony didn't agree to this so they didn't follow the law, the New York Restraining At was passed so the New York colony convinced the parliament that they were following the law. Massachusets, they had to be in public places. Mixing annoyed colonists and soldiers resulted in numbers of street brawls and eventually the Boston Massacre. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre happened when British soldiers shot at American colonists and killed 5 people. When this happened it inspired the colonists to fight for their own independence. -
Boston Tea Party
Saying tea was dumped into Boston harbor, damage ensued. The British didn't like that, however. This was also the first time the colonists fought against their own government with violence. The tension grew up until the American Revolutionary war. -
Boston Port Act
The Boston Port Act was when the British Parliament closed the port and made the citizens pay for the tea lost in the Boston Tea Party. This was the first of the coercive acts. The British wanted Boston to be isolated but the colonies heard bout this and started shipping important goods there, and made provincial congresses. The British didn't enjoy their plan backfiring. -
First Continaental Congress (September 5, 1774-October 26, 1774)
The continental congress was the government for the 13 colonies. They met to talk about the colonies resisting to pay the taxes from the British. At the meeting, they came up with a set of rights saying that they were loyal to Britain, and arguing about being taxed. They also passed a rule saying that the colonists were not to import goods from the British isles. -
Give me liberty, give me death speech
Patrick Henry is the speaker of this speech. He gave this speech at the meeting where the second Virginia convention was talking about the state's plan against the British. This speech is what convinced the other people at the meeting to get their troops ready for war. -
Battle of Lexington
On April 18, 1775, British soldiers made their way to Concord. Paul Revere, however, knew about this and set off the alarms. He told John Hancock, and Sam Adams about it, and then on the 19th Lexington started to fight the soldiers. This kicked off the American Revolutionary War. -
Second continental congress
The second continental congress is the same as the first. However, they did different things. Such as having George Washington as the commander of the continental army, releasing the Declaration of Independence, and the Olive Branch petition which was saying that the colonies were loyal to Britain. The petition was rejected though. -
Battle of Saratoga (September 19, 1777-October 17, 1777
The battle of Saratoga consisted of two other battles. The first battle of Saratoga was Freemans Farm. The second was the battle of Bemis Heights, aka the second battle of Saratoga. After this, the Patriots got the Dutch, French, and Spanish to join them and fight against Britain. -
Articles Of Confederation
The articles of confederation was a written set of rules. Essentially it was just the written form of what the congress had already been doing. Congress had control of many things printing money is one of them. It was the original set of rules for the U.S. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War. The British signing it meant America got independence and their own land. This was amazing! However, there were still some bumps in the road. Jays Treaty (one of the people who signed the treaty of pairs) had prevented another war.
